Re: getting rid of maintainer-check

On 03-09-2013 23:41, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The maintainer-check target never really caught on, I think. Most
> people don't run it, and that in turn annoys those who do. Also, it
> doesn't provide much functionality.
>
It has its use (before each release) but I agree that it isn't used
during minor version updates (because you need to update only one or two
po files).

> I propose that we get rid of it and roll the functionality into the
> regular build.
>
By 'regular build' you mean --enable-nls? If so, +1.

> - Running duplicate_oids during the regular build was already discussed
> elsewhere recently. There are some details to be resolved there, but
> it's doable.
>
This has been bashing sufficient developers along the years. +1.

> - Checking for tabs in SGML files can be run during the regular
> documentation build without problems.
>
This one too. +1.

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