>> Well, your suggestion of splitting the patch into smaller units is
>> the way to go, I reckon. In case it improves legibility, I don't
>> mind if there is a series of commits that don't compile – simply
>> tag them as such in the commit message.
>
> I'm not sure if it would be easy to split the patch, you could not
> really check the intermediate states if you can't compile.
This doesn't matter! The most important thing is to split the patch
into smaller, *logical* chunks that can be easily understood.
> I think the easiest way to review the build system is the compare
> every .am file with the original Makefile.sub.
Well, yes, but it could be helpful to handle, say, the various make
targets in different commits.
Werner
