Despite popular opinion, an auto tools source release has already created the 
configure script so users do *not* need to run the autotools themselves, just 
./configure && make.

One difference is that the mac and windows releases rely on a slightly 
different folder structure than that of the expected auto tools install (ie. 
Unix-style layout). In this case, one option is to leave everything in a source 
directory as suggested and then have a separate installer script which puts 
things into the right place. IMO it's easier to let configure/make do their 
jobs and extra stuff like this is better handled by installing into a temp 
directory and/or using a script to put things "in the right place".

It's totally possible and probably the next step after the Windows build is 
ironed out. (We are working on it: 
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/25#issuecomment-348724495 
<https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/25#issuecomment-348724495>)

> On Dec 3, 2017, at 12:08 AM, Miller Puckette <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You'd no longer just be able to change
> something and hit 'make' - instead you'd have to download the whole autotools
> horrorshow and do it the "official" way.

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Dan Wilcox
@danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika>
danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>



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