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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: What happened to INSTALL.txt?
From:       Knute Snortum <ksnortum () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-07-31 14:20:02
Message-ID: CALmeJxT93RbrnTjbSpFkxLA_hLnMXrhM=mBPezgNqaR77bEjBQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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But configure and INSTALL.txt aren't in git.  They're created by autogen.sh.

---
Knute Snortum
(via Gmail)


On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 2:18 PM H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:05:27PM +0100, antlists wrote:
> > On 30/07/2020 17:25, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:30:34AM -0700, Knute Snortum wrote:
> > > >     Well it looks like README.git should just contain this:
> > > >     Instructions for compiling LilyPond from source files can be
> > > >     found online at:
> > > >
> > > >     [1]
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/index_17#Compiling
> > >
> > > Sounds like a good idea.
> > >
> > Does it? You're assuming internet access ... :-(
> >
> > Okay, most people will have it, but not all, and if all it needs is to
> > run ./configure, then that's what should be in README.git.
> [...]
>
> Yeah, assuming internet access is not so nice.  README.git should at
> least contain enough information to get INSTALL.txt generated without
> needing online access, so that if you were to, hypothetically, get stuck
> on a desert island without an internet connection (but somehow still
> have your PC with you and a power source for it), you could in theory
> compile a fresh checkout of lilypond.
>
>
> T
>
> --
> Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
> Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by
> definition, not smart enough to debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan
>
>

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<div dir="ltr">But configure and INSTALL.txt aren&#39;t in git.   They&#39;re created \
by autogen.sh.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" \
data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div \
dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>---</div><div>Knute Snortum</div><div>(via \
Gmail)</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div \
dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 2:18 PM H. S. Teoh &lt;<a \
href="mailto:hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx">hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 \
at 10:05:27PM +0100, antlists wrote:<br> &gt; On 30/07/2020 17:25, H. S. Teoh \
wrote:<br> &gt; &gt; On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:30:34AM -0700, Knute Snortum \
wrote:<br> &gt; &gt; &gt;        Well it looks like README.git should just contain \
this:<br> &gt; &gt; &gt;        Instructions for compiling LilyPond from source files \
can be<br> &gt; &gt; &gt;        found online at:<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; &gt;        [1]<a \
href="https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/index_17#Compiling" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/index_17#Compiling</a><br>
 &gt; &gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; Sounds like a good idea.<br>
&gt; &gt; <br>
&gt; Does it? You&#39;re assuming internet access ... :-(<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Okay, most people will have it, but not all, and if all it needs is to<br>
&gt; run ./configure, then that&#39;s what should be in README.git.<br>
[...]<br>
<br>
Yeah, assuming internet access is not so nice.   README.git should at<br>
least contain enough information to get INSTALL.txt generated without<br>
needing online access, so that if you were to, hypothetically, get stuck<br>
on a desert island without an internet connection (but somehow still<br>
have your PC with you and a power source for it), you could in theory<br>
compile a fresh checkout of lilypond.<br>
<br>
<br>
T<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you \
write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to \
debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan<br> <br>
</blockquote></div>



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