Re: Comment on: FAQ chapter for the manual

2003-02-07 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Bruce> There's now a relatively simple process by which one can Bruce> delete reconstructed, but also distributed files. I do Bruce> think it would be worthwhile to make that visible so that Bruce> those that do construct and distri

Re: Comment on: FAQ chapter for the manual

2003-02-06 Thread Bruce Korb
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > Hi Bruce! Hi, ALexandre! :-) > I think we agree. The last sentence in this section was meant > to imply such a patch would be considered, would someone mind > enough to work it out. I missed that nuance. :) > Bruce> We have philosophical differences. > > F

Re: Comment on: FAQ chapter for the manual

2003-02-06 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Hi Bruce! >>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Bruce> You left out an argument in favor: the add-on files are self Bruce> contained. I, in fact, intentionally make it very simple to Bruce> add expression files to AutoGen. :-) You add a file named Bruce> ``exprMumbl

Comment on: FAQ chapter for the manual

2003-02-06 Thread Bruce Korb
> Why doesn't Automake support wildcards? > === > >Developers are lazy. People often they would like to use wildcards > in `Makefile.am's so they don't need to remember they have to update > `Makefile.am's every time they add, delete, or rename a file. > >