From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [platform-testers] Emacs 26.2 RC1 is out!
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:58:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsgvff1u5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 838sx7rqpv.fsf@gnu.org
>> >> Hmm... would there be a way to make it so configure accepts options like
>> >>
>> >> ./configure ... --with-xpm=ifavailable --with-jpeg=ifavailable ...
>> >>
>> >> so you can use a single script on all systems and it will use xpm
>> >> where available?
>> >
>> > AFAIR, that is how this worked before, and we changed that because it
>> > would cause builds without image libraries without noticing.
>>
>> I know but what I'm proposing is to make it possible for the user to
>> explicitly say "yes, please do just that, even though it has proved
>> undesirable as a default behavior".
>
> I understood that, but AFAIK there's no other project which supports that.
Then maybe we should be trailblazers ;-) !!
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-22 13:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-21 16:25 [platform-testers] Emacs 26.2 RC1 is out! Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-03-21 17:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-22 1:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-22 7:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-22 12:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-22 13:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-22 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2019-03-25 17:50 ` Paul Eggert
2019-03-22 3:36 ` Van L
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2019-03-21 22:35 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-03-22 7:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-22 12:54 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-03-22 13:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-22 12:25 Nelson H. F. Beebe
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