[vlc-devel] [RFC] rename contrib/bootstrap to contrib/configure

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Hi,

I'm not worried about our build scripts. I'm worried about other build instructions on the wiki or third party sites.

Le 31 janvier 2020 10:35:45 GMT+02:00, Steve Lhomme <robux4 at ycbcr.xyz> a écrit :
>We can fix our own scripts easily (at least a Merge Request on Gitlab 
>should validate the changes). I don't know about other build scripts
>out 
>there. But figuring out a file that used to be there is not there 
>anymore should be easy.
>
>Also I don't think that many people transitioned to the VLC 4.0 tree
>yet.
>
>As for creating scripts in general, calling it bootstrap might be 
>misleading. Especially since it can create things when no options are 
>set, like an actual bootstrap.
>
>On 2020-01-31 9:16, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I don't have an opinion on the semantic arguments as such. IIRC, the 
>> name comes from the previous major contrib version. But is it really 
>> worth invalidating all the build documentation out there?
>> 
>> Le 31 janvier 2020 09:56:49 GMT+02:00, Steve Lhomme
><robux4 at ycbcr.xyz> a 
>> écrit :
>> 
>>     It's not a bootstrap in the general sense. It doesn't prepare for
>any
>>     compilation. It actually configures for a specific target and the
>result
>>     can't be reused to compile something else.
>>    
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