From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Including C sources in packaged Emacs Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:38:10 +0200 Message-ID: <8337scc0bh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <56D26AC1.1020804@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456673935 6323 80.91.229.3 (28 Feb 2016 15:38:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 28 16:38:48 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3Qm-0003zG-A6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:38:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59430 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3Qi-0001Lk-BZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:38:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3QU-0001LO-9c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:38:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3QQ-0005RJ-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:38:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37485) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3QQ-0005RF-7D; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:38:26 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3210 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aa3QP-0003tg-I1; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:38:25 -0500 In-reply-to: <56D26AC1.1020804@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:34:25 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:200758 Archived-At: > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:34:25 -0800 > > Wilfred Hughes wrote: > > Does this seem reasonable? Is there some configure flag that does this > > already? > > It seems reasonable, for the same reason we install .el files. Installing C sources could be an option, off by default. But installing always or by default is something we shouldn't do, IMO. Many users will not want or need that.