Re: Annoyingly cautious make rules

[Stefan Monnier]

>     I agree that the term "maintainer-mode" is now confusing, and that it
>     would be good to either remove the option altogether, or rename
>     --disable-maintainer-mode to --enable-loose-dependency-checking or
>     somesuch. But such a change doesn't seem suitable for 24.1.

> The existing option name is not merely misleading, it is backwards.
> I think that qualifies as a bug.

In defense of whoever came up with it, it's really designed in the
context of "user downloads a tarball and compiles it" vs "maintainer
keeps a tree for long periods of time".


        Stefan