I have created a Github issue[1] for this effort which strikes a balance
between impact to existing users, and the removal of the generated
configure script:
'configure' will be removed from the mainline branches (18, 20, master)
Documentation will be updated with instructions for running bootstra
On Thu, 2023-05-04 at 14:31 -0400, James Cloos wrote:
> > > > > > "DB" == Dennis Buteyn writes:
>
> DB> Many Automake/Autotools projects provide some bootstrap script to
> DB> generate configure from configure.ac, with step-by-step instructions
> DB> on how to build (bootstrap, configure, make).
> "DB" == Dennis Buteyn writes:
DB> Many Automake/Autotools projects provide some bootstrap script to
DB> generate configure from configure.ac, with step-by-step instructions
DB> on how to build (bootstrap, configure, make).
asterisk does have a bootstrap.sh, so the instructions for making f
On 5/4/23 12:59, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
I'm not sure what build-environment specific parameters you are
referring to, unless you mean the version of autoconf on the system.
The issue Sean saw was that if developers generated the configure
using different autoconf versions, the output would be di
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 7:15 AM Jaco Kroon wrote:
> The norm for many/most projects seem to be:
>
> 1. No generated files in git, ever, even for tags/release branches. In
> this case configure.ac yes, configure no.
>
> 2. Generated files in archives, ie, in the downloadable
> asterisk-x.y.z.tar
Hi Joshua,
My 5c below.
On 2023/05/04 11:59, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 6:45 AM Dennis Buteyn
wrote:
On 5/3/23 22:48, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
Greetings all,
Sean Bright brought up on IRC the removal of configure from git.
This may be impactful since some use
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 6:45 AM Dennis Buteyn
wrote:
> On 5/3/23 22:48, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Sean Bright brought up on IRC the removal of configure from git. This may
> be impactful since some users (not necessarily developers) may not
> understand the build system when bui
On 5/3/23 22:48, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
Greetings all,
Sean Bright brought up on IRC the removal of configure from git. This
may be impactful since some users (not necessarily developers) may not
understand the build system when building from branches (not tags or
releases) and become confused
I am not on the IRC but I agree with Sean here as always. The README and
any documentation would need to be updated before removal.
On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 1:48 PM Joshua C. Colp wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Sean Bright brought up on IRC the removal of configure from git. This may
> be impactful s
