[mb-devel] libmusicbrainz3 testing

[Lukáš Lalinský]

Robert Kaye wrote:
>> You need automake 1.9.
> 
> Is there a specific feature you're using in automake 1.9 that can
> justify requiring people to install automake 1.9? If we keep this
> requirement we will get a ton of support requests since 1.9 is not very
> common yet. Unless there is a compelling reason to require it, we should
> attempt to tweak the configs to work on as many platforms as possible.

People, who only want to build the library, don't need Automake/Autoconf at all.
It is only necessary to generate Makefile.in's and the configure script, and
these files are then included in the release tarball.

-Lukáš