Re: [PATCH] readd AM_MAINTAINER_MODE, but enable maintainer mode by default

"Bernhard R. Link" <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:51:30 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.window-managers.ratpoison.devel
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* Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas <[email protected]> [130213 18:07]:
> > Using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable]) means you get the maintainer-specific
> > parts enabled by default like without AM_MAINTAINER_MODE, while
> > people still can do --disable-maintainer-mode to avoid any pitfalls.
> 
> I've been hesitating about this, since its only (valid?) use I can think
> of is not to error out if installing from git and makeinfo isn't
> installed (and this can be achieved using ''make INFO_DEPS='', iirc).

Another reason to use this is if you want compile ratpoison on some
computer that do not have (or not current) autoconf or automake
installed. Then one can just autoreconf on another system and copy
to the system in question and build with --disable-maintainer-mode.
(And could also try to touch everything in the correct order, but that
is far from trivial).

        Bernhard R. Link