On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 05:12:35PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 17:05, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On 3/31/20 10:51 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > +if test "$in_srcdir" = "yes"; then > > > + echo > > > + echo "WARNING: SUPPORT FOR IN SOURCE DIR BUILDS IS DEPRECATED" > > > + echo > > > + echo "Support for running the 'configure' script directly from the" > > > + echo "source directory is deprecated and will go away in a future" > > > + echo "release. In source dir builds are not covered by automated" > > > + echo "testing and are liable to break without warning. Users are" > > > + echo "strongly recommended to switch to a separate build directory:" > > > > Per Kevin's response, we may want to tweak this wording slightly; maybe: > > > > Support for running the 'configure' script directly from the source > > directory is deprecated. In-tree builds are not covered by automated > > testing and are liable to break without warning. Future releases may > > change the default location of built executables for an in-tree build, > > or drop in-tree build support altogether. Users are strongly > > recommended to switch to a separate build directory: > > I now feel that, given that we've had various people say they > want to retain at least the basic in-tree build commands and are > willing to put in a wrapper to make it keep working, that this > deprecation wording is a bit strong. I don't think that it > much serves our users to say "this will go away" and then > implement the compatibility wrapper -- we've caused them > to unnecessarily change what they're doing, and then reduced > the value of the compat-wrapper work we do. A more gently > phrased note that we recommend use of out-of-tree builds > would be sufficient I think.
Ok, i'll resend with a simpler warning message which tries to avoid fortelling the future and just focuses on today. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
