Re: Use of automake & friends vs. just running configure
Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> Convincing upstreams to use AM_MAINTAINER_MODE macro with automake
> helps.
>
> The reason is simplify life of end users
No, end users do not have to care.
> (if I can use this M$ definition) and maintainers too, because
> autotools versions are tipically non compatible at source levels.
Only Debian maintainers are affected, others have tools which take
care of timestamps. Upstream developers are not responsible for
our inability to have dpkg-source fixed.
Denis
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