We have had a lot of problems with this in our company, where I have to keep explaining the issues involved. So strong agreement here. Immanuel
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò <flamee...@flameeyes.eu>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. > > 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/ > >
