[flac-dev] Do we need a pre-release?

[Dave Yeo]

On 12/08/16 12:24 AM, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On 7 December 2016 at 21:08, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+la at mega-nerd.com> wrote:
>> lvqcl.mail wrote:
>>
>>> "make -f Makefile.lite" also doesn't work out of box.
>>
>> Didn't work for the 1.3.1 release either. Makes me wonder why we even
>> keep it around.
>
> Because it works on many systems with only tiny tweaks (e.g. passing
> an env var) without the mess that is GNU autotools.
> I use it frequently and always thought of it of an fine asset to have
> (which other projects lack).
> Would be nice to keep it IMHO.
>

I agree. Here it would require a lot of tweaking but it is still a good 
beginning point for someone who needs a plain makefile.
Even if slightly broken, it should be kept as a template.
Dave