[Python-Dev] End of the mystery "@README.txt Mercurial bug"

[R. David Murray]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:39:54 -0400, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2013, at 09:04 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote:
> 
> >I run 'make distclean' fairly often, but maybe it's just out of habit.
> >If I'm adding/deleting modules, I want to make sure there are no build
> >artifacts. And since I have modified files, a clean checkout won't help
> >(easily, at least).
> 
> As do I.  I think it still makes sense for us to include a working distclean,
> especially since it's a very common target for make-based builds.

We also sometimes ask someone reporting an issue to do a make distclean
and recompile, and many of these reporters will be working from a tarball
rather than a checkout.  Sure, they could re-unpack the tarball (if they
haven't deleted it already), but make distclean is easier.

--David