On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:37:33AM +0200, Tomas Junnonen wrote:
> ext Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 07:50:44PM +0200, Tomas Junnonen wrote:
> >>  http://770.fs-security.com/extra-layouts/kb-layout-sample.tar.gz
> > 
> > Do you really need all that autoconf stuff that weights 400 kb to
> > accompany a single .xml file that weighs 12 kb?
> 
> Yes :) The included scripts are also meant as an example, it's not that
> easy to setup from scratch. Now you can build, and more importantly,
> package the layouts without needing to know the details. I hope by
> providing this we won't see too many standalone compiled vkb files that
> ordinary end users wouldn't be able to install.
> 
> And if you want to create and distribute many layouts at once the
> autotools setup really pays off.

I whole-heartedly agree with your goal, but disagree with the
implementation.  A single Makefile would suffice.  You definitely do not
need libtool (396 KB of shell script), since you're not building any
shared libraries.

Marius Gedminas
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