On 02/07/2013 06:17 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > 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. > So you want to allow users to disable maintainer-mode rules in every package?
> 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... > Better risk an extra rebuild than to miss a required one IMVHO. Or understand why timestamps get mangled, and fix that problem instead of its symptoms (i.e., unnecessary rebuilds, in this case). > 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... > I failed to understand what you're saying here, sorry. Care to rephrase, or give an example? Thanks, Stefano
