Hi, Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> writes:
> k...@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > >> What I mean - I wouldn't mind commiting gnulib stuff to VCS, but only >> if I can omit files generated by autoreconf. >> >> FWIW, that is exactly what I do for Texinfo. It helps my contributors >> to not spend time dealing with gnulib, and it helps me because it avoids >> gnulib-skew differences between me and my contributors. >> >> Of course, you have to be careful not to commit (and to .vcignore) the >> files generated by make, such as lib/foo.h when lib/foo.in.h exists. >> >> Feel free to peruse the Texinfo source repo >> (https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=texinfo) if you're interested. >> >> >From reading the manual, I got the impression that it is strictly the >> either-or approach, >> >> I think the manual (node "VCS Issues") could mention this "middle road" >> as a possibility. As far as I can see, you are correct that it only >> describes the all-or-nothing approach now. >> >> If the idea acceptable to the other gnulib folks, I could try to write a >> patch for it. > > Please do, +1 We use it in Guile for the reasons Karl mentioned, and I also think it would greatly facilitate bisects. Thanks, Ludo’.
