> If you're making a package, I would use [the stable > releases](https://geany.org/download/releases/) as Source. When using those > you don't need to run `autogen.sh` at all. > > If you're using Git as Source then you need to run `autogen.sh` once in order > to generate the `configure` script (and various other files). Once > `configure` is generated, you never need to re-generate it using `autogen.sh` > again, unless you're making changes to the build system of Geany. > `autogen.sh` script has a bunch of dependencies which are not needed just to > compile Geany, so you wouldn't want people using the package to have to > install all of them for no reason, and spend all the extra time regenerating > already existing files. > > autogen.sh = prepare the Git repo to be built > configure = prepare the build system for the host/target > > Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with Slack packaging.
Thanks again! Your explanations add more information to me, and it helped me a lot! Now with the 2 answers you gave me helped me to advance my knowledge! -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2406#issuecomment-562731499
