Re: [Evolution-hackers] Checking application of extensions and plugins for a software test installation

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

        Hi,

On Mon, 2020-11-02 at 18:14 +0100, Markus Elfring via evolution-hackers
wrote:
> > If you do not want to follow that wiki, then, I believe, it doesn't
> > make sense to request updates of it.
>
> I got further software development ideas.

My 'it' in the above quoted text was meant as 'the wiki page'.

I'm glad you want to propose patches.

> I am looking for better support of advanced software build techniques
> so that more tasks can eventually be automated in helpful ways.

Wanting advanced techniques means being an advanced person, which is
against being nice to newcomers, because too many choices can confuse
people and make it too easy to make mistakes.

> > By the way, `DESTDIR=Test make install`, though I do not understand
> > why you'd want to change the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX during the build
> > at all.
>
> I suggest to take another look at available information sources.
>
> Example:
> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.19/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.html
>
> * The support for the environment variable “DESTDIR” is limited.
>
> * It might occasionally be safer to express the intention also
>   by a corresponding CMake variable.

I'm not sure I read it properly. It sounds to me that your first
sentence says my quoted text can be extended, then the rest says the
opposite, that it supports what I wrote.

In any case, no DESTDIR into the Wiki page, no. Keep it simple, please.

        Thanks and bye,
        Milan