Would it help if we modify the configure script to display a list of the optional dependencies that were not detected. I have attached a very rough prototype that displays a message if NAS, Alsa or ICU is not found:
Yes, it would. Quite a few other projects do this and it's very helpful.
Notes: *** NAS not detected. The winenas.drv.so driver will be a dummy. *** ICU not detected. Building without bidi support.
Configure finished. Do 'make depend && make' to compile Wine.
I think there's no need for the *** notation though. We can just indent them.