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Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version trac
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system? |
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Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:39:46 -0600 |
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On 10/29/2014 04:29 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
[we tend to avoid top-posting on technical lists]
> Can't we just say that gnu-flavour automake is pointless and foreign should
> be the default? Or am I too opinionated on that?
For GNU projects, the 'gnu' flavor still makes sense, even if it could
use a little modernization such as easier automation of generating
ChangeLog from version control. And while these days, automake is
probably used by more non-gnu projects (where 'foreign' may make more
sense) than GNU projects, that's still not a good reason to toggle the
default. I like what the GNU Coding Standards represent, and deviating
from them deserves a mention in configure.ac to make it apparent that
you thought about it.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK), 2014/10/29
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Diego Elio Pettenò, 2014/10/29
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?,
Eric Blake <=
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Diego Elio Pettenò, 2014/10/29
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK), 2014/10/30
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Diego Elio Pettenò, 2014/10/30
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK), 2014/10/30
- Re: Auto-Generating ChangeLog and AUTHORS for projects in a version tracking system?, Diego Elio Pettenò, 2014/10/30