On 07/02/2013 16:18, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > (Side note: using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE these days is generally a bad idea > IMHO; we should find a way to deprecate its usage in documentation, and > eventually start warning at runtime if it is used -- and don't worry, > with *no* plans for a later removal!)
I would argue that it would be nice to have AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable]) as default (and that's what I'm going to suggest on my documentation. The reason is that while it makes total sense for developers and users alike, it's a pain for package maintainers, as sometimes timestamps end up mangled by patches, and we get unexpected maintainer-mode rebuilds... especially for source-based distribution like Gentoo, we have to be wary about maintainer mode as it would make different users end up with different versions of the build system... -- Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes flamee...@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/
