Re: icg build instructions [was: Re: igc: trying to chase a crash]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>,  yandros@gmail.com,  ofv@wanadoo.es,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:42:18 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> A README-IGC in the top-level dir SGTM (as a temporary solution before
> >> the merge at least).  I'm wondering if we could have some way to
> >> propagate this information also outside emacs.git as well 🤷
> >
> > Adding new files is not the best idea, IMO.  Why not add this to the
> > existing INSTALL-REPO.  Come to think of that, why not change
> > configure.ac on the branch to insist on building with MPS, and
> > complaining loudly if that cannot be done (e.g., because the MPS
> > library cannot be found)?  We can always change this back to optional
> > when the feature lands on master.
> 
> I've done both yesterday, except that I used README-IGC. I think an
> advantage of that file name could be that it is easier to spot for a
> "normal" user. Don't know, please do with it as you see fit.

Thanks.  It isn't important enough to do anything about it before we
consider landing the branch.  (But it would be nice if people left
some time to respond to proposals before they rush to install them...)