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Re: A better autogen.sh
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: A better autogen.sh |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:15:50 +0200 |
> From: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:17:19 -0400
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > What would you or other maintainers say if I suggested a change that
> > would require them to log in to a remote system each time they wanted
> > to build the latest trunk, generate some file there, then copy it to
> > their local machine? How can a member of a team even suggest
> > something like that to another member?
>
> If I try to put myself in the position of someone maintaining an MS port
> of GNU software, I honestly don't think I'd mind needing to access a GNU
> host once in a while.
I do access a GNU host from time to time. It's being forced to do
that as a necessary prerequisite to a build that's annoying and from
time to time, depending on the QoS of my ISP, even more than that.
> That's why I suggested it, I was trying to help.
Maybe it's me, but it didn't sound like that. Or maybe I should have
counted to ten. Sorry.
> > I rather hope this will not the way, because it _is_ unreasonable,
> > both in practical terms and in its underlying attitude, which frankly
> > is revolting.
>
> Am I allowed to get annoyed at this point?
Yes. Sorry.
> I also volunteer to set up a cron job that does this.
That would be great, thanks.
- Re: A better autogen.sh, (continued)
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Juanma Barranquero, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Paul Eggert, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Paul Eggert, 2011/03/16
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/17
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/17
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/17
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/03/17
- Re: A better autogen.sh, Paul Eggert, 2011/03/17