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Re: New build process?
From: |
Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
Re: New build process? |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:31:26 +0200 |
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 15:11, Tim Cross <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I'm actually with Richard on this one. I think the need to install,
>> update, and use any additional commands before "./configure; make" is
>> a nuisance whose justification is questionable at best. It's just
>> that I gave up on talking people into catering to us dinosaurs whose
>> paradise was lost, and Richard is still trying, because he's a better
>> man than I am.
>>
>
> If you believe you can do it and make it solid (which I expect you
> can), then go for it. I personally don't think it is necessary as we
> are talking about users who are choosing to interact at a low
> development level, which IMO is a moving target subject to change and
> instability. We should not set the bar too high here - put our efforts
> into improving emacs and not into improving the build process for
> those who chose to interact at this level.
>
> Yes, I guess I would be considered a dinosaur and possibly not even a
Dear dinosaur, can't you believe making the build process simple saves
a lot of time for many developers? And then it is possible for them to
improve Emacs even more. (Everything that makes Emacs more stable may
save a lot of time.)
- Re: New build process?, (continued)
- Re: New build process?, Tim Cross, 2011/07/26
- Re: New build process?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Tim Cross, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Peter Münster, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Tim Cross, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Peter Münster, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, David Kastrup, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Tim Cross, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?,
Lennart Borgman <=
- Re: New build process?, David Kastrup, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, David De La Harpe Golden, 2011/07/28
- Re: New build process?, David Kastrup, 2011/07/28
- Re: New build process?, Alan Mackenzie, 2011/07/29
- Re: New build process?, Tim Cross, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Paul Eggert, 2011/07/27
- Re: New build process?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/28
- Re: New build process?, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/28