> Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>> > But what I wanted to know is: Now that we know that this patch will cause
>> > work to (and may annoy) some people, should I commit it in your name?
>>
>> Please.
>
> OK, I pushed it, adding a summary line to the ChangeLog entry:
Thank you.
>
> 2023-06-06 Jose E
Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
> > But what I wanted to know is: Now that we know that this patch will cause
> > work to (and may annoy) some people, should I commit it in your name?
>
> Please.
OK, I pushed it, adding a summary line to the ChangeLog entry:
2023-06-06 Jose E. Marchesi
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> José E. Marchesi wrote:
>> > Is this your intention?
>>
>> Yes, if the corresponding requirements of the GCS are still considered
>> reasonable and pertinent.
>>
>> Otherwise, I would say we should update the standard in order to turn
>> these requirements into suggestions.
>
> That's a valid
José E. Marchesi wrote:
> > Is this your intention?
>
> Yes, if the corresponding requirements of the GCS are still considered
> reasonable and pertinent.
>
> Otherwise, I would say we should update the standard in order to turn
> these requirements into suggestions.
That's a valid answer.
But
> Hi José,
>
>> +sc_readme_link_install:
>> +@require='INSTALL' \
>> +in_vc_files='$(top_srcdir)/README$$'\
>> +halt='The README file should refer to INSTALL' \
>> + $(_sc_search_regexp)
>
> This rule will whine at
Hi José,
> +sc_readme_link_install:
> + @require='INSTALL' \
> + in_vc_files='$(top_srcdir)/README$$'\
> + halt='The README file should refer to INSTALL' \
> + $(_sc_search_regexp)
This rule will whine at least in
Pierre Labastie wrote:
> IIUC, this is Makefile syntax. If so, there should be semicolons `;' at the
> end
> of each line (but before the `\').
The 46 existing invocations of $(_sc_search_regexp) don't have semicolons after
each variable assignment either.
> Otherwise, the shell will be passed
>
On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 22:38 +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>
> The GNU Coding Standards says:
>
> The 'README' file should refer to the file 'INSTALL', which should
> contain an explanation of the installation procedure.
>
> The 'README' file should also refer to the file which conta
The GNU Coding Standards says:
The 'README' file should refer to the file 'INSTALL', which should
contain an explanation of the installation procedure.
The 'README' file should also refer to the file which contains the
copying conditions. The GNU GPL, if used, should be in a file
