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

[Brian Willoughby]

On Dec 8, 2016, at 12:59 AM, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Maybe add a README.lite in that directory, or a section in an existing README, to explain the purpose of Makefile.lite and the fact that it may not work exactly as provided? I'm not building for any of the systems that would use it, so this is just my comment from the peanut gallery.

Brian Willoughby