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This is explained in reply to your sibling comment, but the convention on linux for many years is that the source distribution has automake/autotools already ru
by habitue 11y ago
This is explained in reply to your sibling comment, but the convention on linux for many years is that the source distribution has automake/autotools already run. That way, when you download the source tarball, you know the process is `./configure && make` to make the final binary. The way package maintainers for distributions customize things is (hopefully) by providing flags for configure. The idea is that autotools should only be necessary for developers, not for maintainers.
- HappyTypist 11y agoIt is unfortunate, but just create a new branch and run autotools, and mark a release there.
- vsl 11y agoIf by "unfortunate" you mean "totally crazy"... I'd rather deal with the occasional person confused by GitHub kids' ignorance of what source tarballs are meant to be that doing such wild and dirty dances in the repository.
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoTL;DR source code to install from and source code to hack on are often different beasts.