[patch] Remove --enable-maintainer-mode from autogen.sh

[Brad Hards]

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 09:26 am, Robert McQueen wrote:
> Brad Hards wrote:
> > I disagree. Do you want application developers to use the current version
> > of dbus or not? I think that you do (and the README agrees), and the
> > least we can do is fair disclosure. Ideally the build process would
> > optimise for application developers (not for dbus developers), which is
> > why I think that the --enable-maintainer-mode line should come out as a
> > default.
>
> No, the README encorages people to use our development snapshots, ie the
> 0.x releases which we've been making. These are provided in dist tarball
> form, and hence come with a configure script already generated. In my
> opinion, in both D-Bus and the general case, autogen scripts are
> provided for the benefit[1] of the developers of the software itself.
I still disagree. Not least because the Qt support I need isn't present in the 
last available snapshot (over two months old).

Hmm, how about a patch that says check the login name, and if it isn't a 
recognised committer to dbus CVS, refuses to run :-?

Brad
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