Re: unusable examples in apckages ...
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 02:46:48PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:58:58AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > ------------------------------------------
> > if a package contains examples that need to be compiled, they must be in such
> > a state in the package that the user can just copy the directory to its home
> > directory (or /tmp/ or wherever) and build the examples with no more hassle
> > than typing ./configure and/or make.
> > ------------------------------------------
>
> You are saying that every (source) example/ directory requires a Makefile?
Yes, that would be perfect, ...
not every user is aware of all that needs done to use a -dev package, that is
what the examples are for, and they should be useable by the user.
Friendly,
Svne LUTHER
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