Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: ... >> > i was thinking a common change to the version-etc module to add a >> > "packager" field rather than having every package out there allow people >> > to tweak PACKAGE_NAME. what do you think of that ? >> >> Sounds sensible. >> The question then becomes whether to change version_etc >> (probably not), or to add a new interface that takes >> the additional parameter. >> >> Does anyone prefer to add a parameter to version_etc? > > i prefer modifying version_etc as this would go a long way in acknowledging > that end users are not the main consumer of software. they get it by way of > distro packagers. > > however, i dont think it needs to modify the function prototype ? if the m4 > set up a PACKAGE_PACKAGER define, the version_etc module could use that. if > the person running configure doesnt specify the --with-packager=... option, > then it wont show up in the output.
That sounds even better. Post the patch!
