[libvirt] [libvirt-php][PATCH 1/5] maint: Drop INSTALL install-sh and missing

[Michal Privoznik]

On 12/11/2017 10:45 AM, Erik Skultety wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 07:34:55AM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> These files are automatically generated by automake and ignored
>> in .gitingore. Moreover, with each new version of automake their
>> contents change (see f5974fcbd5). Instead of tracking them, drop
>> them from repository completely.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  INSTALL    | 370 ---------------------------------------------
>>  install-sh | 501 -------------------------------------------------------------
>>  missing    | 215 --------------------------
>>  3 files changed, 1086 deletions(-)
>>  delete mode 100644 INSTALL
>>  delete mode 100755 install-sh
>>  delete mode 100755 missing
> 
> Yeah, since those are generated and the content depends on the version of
> autotools, it's not desirable to have them part of the repo. A different story
> would be with other required files like NEWS, README, COPYING and AUTHORS.
> 
> Although, since INSTALL only contains some generic info about installation
> which is also irrelevant, because after cloning the repo and reading INSTALL a
> novice user could still have no idea how to build it, since there's no
> configure until after reconf was executed by autogen. I just think it might be
> worth putting this initial repo setup to the README file, I know, we assume
> everyone who decides to clone the repo "must" already know what to do with it,

Exactly. Anybody who wants to develop extensions for PHP, let alone work
on libvirt/libvirt related project should know how to run autogen.sh.
Also, if one clones this repositary there are only two scripts:
autogen.sh and autobuild.sh. It is not a rocket science to figure out
what to do.

> call me old-fashioned but I think it's worth to have this single line in the
> README, it doesn't cost us anything and might actually help someone :).

Okay, feel free to propose it as a patch. Despite my feeling about it, I
can review and push it.

> As an example, in libvirt, we only mention configure in the README file which is
> generated, so for someone who's not familiar with autotools is this information
> as good as nothing - I refuse to take "use google" for an answer here.
Michal