On Jun 06 18:47:51, martinw...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 30 09:37:35, h...@stare.cz wrote:
> > https://github.com/janstary/sox/tree/build
> > 
> > This is a build system that replaces the GNU autotool
> > with a readable shell script and a straightforward Makefile.
> 
> Can we keep the sources under src/
> instead of moving them to the top directory?

Yes we can, but it is the opposite of simple.

> Otherwise that breaks all the existing patches

No it doesn't. Ever heard of patch -p ?

Show me a patch that can be applied with sources in src/
but cannot be applied with sources one dir up.

> a less cluttered root directory makes it easier to see
> with "ls" what INSTALL, README and so on are present.

Having the subdirectories for src/ and man/ etc
like we have now is exactly what makes it cluttered.

        Jan



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