Gate check tooling like linters behind developer mode flag

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           ./bootstrap.sh
-          ./configure
+          ./configure --enable-developer-mode
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           make check

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/v}" > .tarball-version
           ./bootstrap.sh
-          ./configure
+          ./configure --enable-developer-mode
       - name: Generate release-specific changelog
         run: |
           echo "PRERELEASE=${{ contains(env.VERSION, '-alpha') || contains(env.VERSION, '-beta') || contains(env.VERSION, '-rc') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Makefile.am

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I build-aux
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-developer-mode
 
 .ONESHELL:
 .SECONDARY:
@@ -68,17 +69,28 @@ prove:
 .PHONY: test
 test: prove
 
-.PHONY: lint
+PHONY_DEVELOPER_TARGETS = lint lint-editor-config lint-shellheck
+.PHONY: $(PHONY_DEVELOPER_TARGETS)
+
+if DEVELOPER_MODE
+
 lint: lint-editor-config lint-shellcheck
 
-.PHONY: lint-editor-config
 lint-editor-config:
 	ec
 
-.PHONY: lint-shellheck
 lint-shellcheck: $(PACKAGE_NAME)
 	shellcheck $<
 
+else !DEVELOPER_MODE
+
+$(PHONY_DEVELOPER_TARGETS):
+	@: $(error "Please reconfigure using --enable-developer-mode to use developer tooling")
+
+endif !DEVELOPER_MODE
+
+if SOURCE_IS_GIT
+
 CONTRIBUTORS:
 	exec > $@
 	echo 'Alphabetical list of names of everyone who ever committed to this repository.'
@@ -88,3 +100,5 @@ CONTRIBUTORS:
 
 changelog-HEAD: changelog
 	sed -nEe '2d;s/^\t//p;/^$$/q;' $< > $@
+
+endif SOURCE_IS_GIT

build-aux/que_dist_checksums.m4

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([QUE_DIST_CHECKSUMS], [
 
-        QUE_PROGVAR([sha256sum])
-        QUE_PROGVAR([tee])
+        AM_COND_IF([DEVELOPER_MODE], [
 
-        QUE_TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAME
+                QUE_PROGVAR([sha256sum])
+                QUE_PROGVAR([tee])
 
-        AC_REQUIRE([AX_AM_MACROS])
-        AX_ADD_AM_MACRO([dnl
+                QUE_TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAME
+
+                AC_REQUIRE([AX_AM_MACROS])
+                AX_ADD_AM_MACRO([dnl
 $(cat build-aux/que_dist_checksums.am)
 ])dnl
 
+        ])
 ])

build-aux/que_git_version.m4

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([QUE_GIT_VERSION], [
 
-        AC_PROG_AWK
-        AC_PROG_GREP
-        QUE_PROGVAR([cmp])
-
-        QUE_TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAME
-
         AM_CONDITIONAL([SOURCE_IS_GIT],
                 [test -d .git])
 
@@ -15,6 +9,13 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([QUE_GIT_VERSION], [
         AM_CONDITIONAL([SOURCE_IS_ARCHIVE],
                 [test ! -d .git -a ! -f .tarball-version])
 
+        AC_PROG_AWK
+        AC_PROG_GREP
+
+        QUE_TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAME
+
+        AM_COND_IF([SOURCE_IS_DIST], [], [QUE_PROGVAR([cmp])])
+
         AC_REQUIRE([AX_AM_MACROS])
         AX_ADD_AM_MACRO([dnl
 $(cat build-aux/que_git_version.am)

configure.ac

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([standalone],
             [])
 
 QUE_TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAME
+QUE_DEVELOPER_MODE
 
 # These macros must be run after processing our standalone setup because
 # they all expect the program name transformation setup to be complete.