Re: Proposal: Stop running './gen-make.py -t dsp' for release tarballs+zipfiles

Max Bowsher wrote:
> Currently, when in release mode, autogen.sh generates windows build files.
>
> I think we should stop doing this, as the generated files hardcode the
> release manager's own absolute (Unix!) paths, and additionally, have
> variations caused by the release manager's availability of certain
> dependencies. For example, rc4 contains
> build/win32/msvc-dsp/libsvn_fs_base_msvc.dsp, but on my machine, the
> windows build isn't outputting that file.
>
> We *already* tell Windows people to run gen-make.py as part of the
> build. Therefore, I presume the practice of running it from autogen.sh
> in release mode is either obsolete, or entirely misguided.

Committed and nominated r21114.

Please review and vote.

Thanks,
Max.