Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > AM_MAINTAINER_MODE suppresses the deps we are discussing here. > > This allows people to get away with packages containing broken > timestamps, which introduces risks to upstreams if not handled with > care and is unhandy for upstream usage. When you are upstream, you have probably mechanism/scripts to call configure with special parameters (e.g. adding '-g3' to CFLAGS, setting a writable '--prefix', setting another CC). Putting an '--enable-maintainer-mode' there does not harm. > I am upstream maintainer of a package, which uses AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. The > most frequently answered question related to building issues is: "Did you > pass --enable-maintainer-mode?" Reducing stability (-> occasional autotool invocations in uncontrolled environments) and removing features (-> ability to patch configure) just to avoid some support requests is a bad deal. Enrico -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
