On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:03 AM, sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > <snip> > > Looking into the HTTPD repos and comparing to the HTTPD source > > > > tarballs, they appear to be doing the same thing: there's a > > > > "configure" file in the source tarball, but not in the repos. In > > > > general I'd say this is common practice for any project based on > > > > Autotools. > > > > > > > > > > > > IMHO it's not worth getting into arguments about HTTPD current verses > > > original/best practice > > > > > > yes, it's common practice but it's important to distinguish > > terminology from > > > presentation. what a source distribution means is a direct export > > from > > > subversion. it's fine to create a distribution containing generated > > stuff; > > > call it what you will; recommend it to users who want to build from > > source. > > > still counts as a binary as far as rules and whatnot go. > > > > And where are these rules defined? > > > the terms rules is a little inaccurate: apache doesn't really have rules > just policy and practice policy by social means > ^^^^^^ policy -> policed - robert
