Suggested packaging guideline: avoid running autoreconf

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Mon Oct 13 01:37:44 UTC 2008


Braden McDaniel <braden <at> endoframe.com> writes:
> You are welcome to find a more specific term for what you mean. "Source"
> has a more general meaning than the one you're trying to apply.

I'm using the definition in the GPL:
> The “source code” for a work means the preferred form of the work for making
> modifications to it.

Obviously autogenerated files are not "source code" under that definition. You 
are the one using the wrong term.

        Kevin Kofler




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