Subject: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:53:43 +0100

On 02/07/2013 10:52 AM, Miles Bader wrote:
>>> ... and "canon_reldir" means the same thing, except canonicalized?
>>>
>> Yes, "canonicalized" in a sense quite specific to Automake:
>>
>>   <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Canonicalization>
>>
>> So, for example, if %reldir% expands to 'foo/bar-baz.d', '%canon-reldir%'
>> will expand to 'foo_bar_baz_d'.
> 
> Hmm, if that's the case, then I think "canon" is the wrong term to
> use, as it typically implies that the result is still in the same
> domain as the input.
>
Suggestions for a better name then?

> This operation seems to be more what one might
> call "sanitizing"...
>

> [Even if automake uses this term internally, I still think it would be
> confusing to expose such unusual usage to the user.]
>
Actually, automake uses the term in the manual as well, repeatedly.

Regards,
  Stefano
> -miles