Re: don't build send-pr,prms,gnats.tar

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden at doctormoo dot dyndns dot org>]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 01:01:06PM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Tuesday, July 02, 2002 03:02:30 PM -0400 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> 
> wrote:
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> >
> >>2002-07-02  Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@gcc.gnu.org>
> >>
> >>	* Makefile.in: Don't build prms, send-pr, or GNATS tar files.
> >>	* configure.in: Ditto.
> >
> >Red Hat still uses send-pr internally.  I don't think we use prms
> >internally though, but safer to just leave those in place for now
> >since they're all related.
> 
> I don't see any harm in leaving this stuff in the Makefiles.
> 
> On the other hand, I think it's important we clarify this somewhat; I
> have already received one email asking a question about whether or not
> your message implies that Red Hat is somehow "special".  So, I am
> going to try to answer that question here.
> 
> The right question to consider when making a change is whether or
> not it helps the overall community.  In some circumstances,
> inconveniencing one party in order to get some other benefit is
> the right decision.  On the other hand, inconveniencing one party
> without getting much benefit in return isn't a good thing.
> 
> In this case, I think what we want to say is:
> 
>  Some folks still build send-pr out of this tree (I know Red Hat does;
>  I'm not sure about other people).
>
>  There's not too much benefit in getting rid of these things (they're
>  not really standing in the way of the autoconfiscation stuff) so we
>  may as well leave these things in place.

Right, that's fine.

I'm actually just trying to kill the genuinely obselete stuff, not the
stuff that people still use. :-)

--Nathanael