On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:08 AM Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > A suggestion regarding external libraries. For each library:
> > - Give an URL from where it should be cloned.
> > - Specify which branch has been used for a successful build with emacs.
> > - Provide the Android.mk files, that has been used in a successful
> > build with emacs, in a directory tree.
> > - Also, as in the case of libxml2, do the above for any library it
> depends on.
> >
> > Then there should be less to explain, and less source patches required.
> > And the Android.mk file trees, could eventually be refined through bug
> > reports, and submitted patches.
>
> OK, I will work on this.
>

FWIW, the Windows installer people went through a somewhat similar process
in the past year or two, and may have usable tooling in this area. I added
Corwin as one of those involved; apologies to the others whose contact info
I have forgotten.

Hope this helps,
~Chad