> + Would it not result in unnecessary commits to the SCM to keep it > synchronized with Gnulib's version?
Yes, that's true. But on the other hand, otherwise there would no explanation for bootstrap's attempt to checkout gnulib itself, no? :-) > + A user who wants to fiddle with the release tar balls can just use > 'autoreconf --install' instead of 'bootstrap'. Since the required > Gnulib sources are already in the release tar ball, there is no need > to bootstrap it, isn't it? bootstrap is meant for people who checked out your project from VCS, so that they do not need to know about gnulib at all. You do not need to distribute it in the tarball indeed, but it still should be part of checked out sources. Paolo
