gEDA-bug: [ geda-Feature Requests-1758673 ] Combine source tarballs

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Feature Requests item #1758673, was opened at 2007-07-22 23:22
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Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: kyle (klgb53)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Combine source tarballs

Initial Comment:
To make the build process simpler, the source tarballs should be combined into one large tarball containing all of the subprojects.  Each subproject could have its own subdirectory inside the tarball.  This has several advantages:

1.  It is only necessary to download one tarball instead of 9 tarballs plus an optional Makefile.

2.  The build process can be unified so that running ./configure will configure all subprojects.

2a.  This makes it easier to pass the same arguments to ./configure for all subprojects.

2b.  ./configure needs to be run only once (instead of once per subproject), thus saving time checking for the same dependencies.

3.  Those who do not use the Makefile (e.g. package builders for some distros) do not have to worry about building everything in the correct order -- this can be handled by the Makefile in the combined source tarball.

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