Re: gnulib module install

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:
>
>>     What I mean - I wouldn't mind commiting gnulib stuff to VCS, but only
>>     if I can omit files generated by autoreconf.
>>
>> FWIW, that is exactly what I do for Texinfo.  It helps my contributors
>> to not spend time dealing with gnulib, and it helps me because it avoids
>> gnulib-skew differences between me and my contributors.
>>
>> Of course, you have to be careful not to commit (and to .vcignore) the
>> files generated by make, such as lib/foo.h when lib/foo.in.h exists.
>>
>> Feel free to peruse the Texinfo source repo
>> (https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=texinfo) if you're interested.
>>
>>     >From reading the manual, I got the impression that it is strictly the
>>     either-or approach, 
>>
>> I think the manual (node "VCS Issues") could mention this "middle road"
>> as a possibility.  As far as I can see, you are correct that it only
>> describes the all-or-nothing approach now.
>>
>> If the idea acceptable to the other gnulib folks, I could try to write a
>> patch for it.
>
> Please do,

+1

We use it in Guile for the reasons Karl mentioned, and I also think it
would greatly facilitate bisects.

Thanks,
Ludo’.