Stepan Kasal wrote:
That principle could rather be achieved by omitting the *.c file from the distribution, supposing that every "customer" can install the tools which are required to generate it.
Not every customer wants to install developer tools. In general, people who install a project just want the project's functionality and would rather not be bothered with installing a long list of prerequisite tools and libraries. Developer type people likely have a slightly different attitude about that, though. :) Cheers - Bruce