Call for testing: OpenSSH-5.7

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Damien Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Roumen Petrov wrote:
>
> > Damien Miller wrote:
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > > ok, I see it now. I'd recommend "make -f Makefile.in distprep
> > > MANFMT=nroff" (or MANFMT=mandoc if you have it).
> >
> > It is not for me. It is for the manuals that users could found in
> > internet and in the next decade ordinary users will complain.
>
> Ordinary users don't need this step if they are building from a snapshot
> or distribution tarball since I do this step as part of the release
> process. It is only necessary for builds from CVS. If the users are
> building from CVS, then they must be able to figure out how to adapt to
> changes in the build process.

That approach will not make the project more attractive to the masses, I
fear.  OTOH, this project might not aim for mass attraction.  Ruther the
opposite?  But I may be totally wrong in that assumption.  Am I not?


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian