barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier) writes:
> 4b) Patch aclocal (+1 line) and automake (+2 lines) to force
> AM_MAINTAINER_MODE.
But this only works if upstream uses the Debian automake, right? Or
maybe you were suggesting doing this in the upstream of automake. But
that wouldn't work unless upstream reruns using this new automake, and
asking them to do that is as easy to get them to add
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to their configure.{in,ac}.