Re: [Simulavr-devel] SimulAVR Compilation Problem

[Bill]

Paul Schlie wrote:

> In general, it would be convenient if the autoxxx generated configure etc.
> files were checked into cvs so that one could simply execute configure/make,
> without having to deal with autoxxx tool version incompatibilities.
>  

This is problematic in general. The configure script is in the 
tarballs...if we need to release an updated tarball, I could go for 
that. I would like Klaus to let me know when to do this. (creating a 
tarball also involves very simple quality checks....i.e. running the 
regression suite, so it's not a bad idea to do from time to time) Would 
a dated "current" snapshot be helpful?

Basically, it is(was) a real problem to keep the generated files up to 
date. They are generated, and as a general principal, generated files 
don't belong under revision control. It's my opinion that in general the 
"tarballs" are intended for end-users, not CVS. Making CVS provided 
files easy to use is a great goal, but I know that we fall short of it.

>  
<snip>