Re: [Groff] Automake migration proposal

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Well, your suggestion of splitting the patch into smaller units is
>> the way to go, I reckon.  In case it improves legibility, I don't
>> mind if there is a series of commits that don't compile – simply
>> tag them as such in the commit message.
> 
> I'm not sure if it would be easy to split the patch, you could not
> really check the intermediate states if you can't compile.

This doesn't matter!  The most important thing is to split the patch
into smaller, *logical* chunks that can be easily understood.

> I think the easiest way to review the build system is the compare
> every .am file with the original Makefile.sub.

Well, yes, but it could be helpful to handle, say, the various make
targets in different commits.


    Werner