2013/5/21 6:54 -0700, gnu.and...@redhat.com: >> On 05/21/2013 04:55 PM, Volker Simonis wrote: >>> I always felt that having the build instructions checked in into the >>> repository is somewhat to heavyweight. >> >> There are two good reasons to do this. >> >> Firstly, it's a free software tradition: I expect to find a README with >> build instructions in the repo. Secondly, the build instructions will >> change over time, so of they're on a Wiki there will have to be >> multiple versions. >> >> Andrew. > > Another reason is it makes the software self-contained; I don't need Internet > access and a web browser to be able to build it.
I agree, on all three counts. How-to-build documents, just like unit tests, belong with the code to which they apply. Posting them on a wiki just increases inconvenience and invites confusion. - Mark
