Hi again,
We're finally getting that cairo snapshot out, so here's some rambling about
"make dist" improvements:
- Sticky bits:
We've had problems before that cairo tarballs have included files with sticky
bits set. So we added a rule ourselves to clean up of any sticky bits. But
since I see
Richard:
This has caused some confusion for some modules (such as the GNOME
gconf-editor, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-media-apps, and gphoto
modules). These programs are licensed under GPLv2 (or later). But
since these modules didn't have a COPYING file, now they have a GPLv3
This has caused some confusion for some modules (such as the GNOME
gconf-editor, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-media-apps, and gphoto
modules). These programs are licensed under GPLv2 (or later). But
since these modules didn't have a COPYING file, now they have a GPLv3
COPYING
Richard:
I will discuss the issue with the Automake maintainer. I have never
used Automake myself, so I don't know the issues.
Thank you for looking into this. I think that your opinion would be
valuable in figuring out the best behavior for automake.
In summary, the issue is that since au
