[PATCH libdrm 1/2] configure: Stop using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 16:33:17 +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:

> Hi Julien,
> On 9 March 2015 at 20:28, Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar  9, 2015 at 12:08:16 +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
> >
> >> By using it, any modifications to configure.ac or the Makefile.am files
> >> won't trigger a rebuild of the makefiles. Drop the switch from the
> >> autogen.sh as well.
> >>
> > Since it was set to enabled in configure.ac, the above is not true,
> > unless you explicitly pass --disable-maintainer-mode to configure.
> >
> Hmm... you're absolutely correct here. The following commit message
> should be more appropriate.
> 
> AM_MAINTAINER_MODE can be used to disable generation of rebuild rules.
> This is not something we want to condone/support, considering it can
> cause greater problems than the perceived benefits. Additionally the
> Automake manual leans towards avoiding the use of AM_MAINTAINER_MODE.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/maintainer_002dmode.html
> 
> 
> That is unless you're in favour of keeping it ? Afaics at least some X
> components tend to avoid it.
> 
I don't really care whether it stays or goes, but your new commit
message looks good to me :)

Cheers,
Julien