[ros-general] Must Read!!!! Msi.dll and Bison Alert!!!!

[James Tabor]

Hi Jason,

Jason Filby wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am not against making bison a requirement (especially since it is
> Free Software and easily obtainable with no license issues), but since
> so many devs are against it, perhaps we should not.
> 
> I recommend a compromise where the generated file is used by the build
> and included in CVS. However, the original bison file should also be
> present. There should be a readme file in the vacinity explaining
> things - and the generated file should include a warning that it is
> generated and by what.
> 
> Then those that want to make changes to the generated file can
> download Bison and do so; committing both the new source/Bison file
> and the generated file. Those not wanting a complex build process can
> just ignore it and never worry about unless they want to make changes
> to that generated file.
> 
> I feel that this is a good compromise.. comments?
> 
> Cheers
> Jason
It's all ready in the works here. So, I'm in the process of cleaning things up.
Thanks,
James