From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltkf6-00013v-Aa for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:35:00 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltkf4-00013I-EF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:34:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltkf3-00012s-NS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:34:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48603 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltkf3-00012l-9z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:34:57 -0400 Received: from mail.nexedi.com ([91.121.25.85]:60050 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ltkf2-0001Vs-A4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:34:56 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576793D9EF for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:34:51 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:35:00 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <49E1D4E5.5030908@gmail.com> <1239569661.14481.10.camel@ct> <20090413143042.GH12170@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090413143042.GH12170@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904150035.00910.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Removing autogenerated files from svn X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:34:58 -0000 On Monday 13 April 2009 23:30:42 Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 04:54:21PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 11:29 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > phcoder wrote on Sunday 12 April 2009: > > > > Hello, we all know how annoying are these autogenerated files. We > > > > could remove it. The main argument against it is that people will not > > > > be able to compile without installing a lot of developement tools. It > > > > changes nothing for the users wanting to modify the code. So I > > > > propose to remove these files but in compensation setup a nightly > > > > build server. I'm ready to supply all necessary scripts to create a > > > > source tar.gz with autogenerated files, binary tar.gz and rescue iso > > > > for all platforms where applicable. > > > > > > Great idea. I'd love to see this happen. > > > > Me too. > > Me too. > > Okuji, can we agree on it this time? It's annoying for most people, and > release tarballs can include the autogenerated files, so the ruby > dependency is not a problem for end users. Well, it was not only about ruby, but also about autoconf. Anyway, if someone updates the INSTALL file appropriately, I don't object. Regards, Okuji