please add autogen'd files to releases

[beren12]

The tools bail out if you don't use the git check-out version:

./autogen.sh 
Password:
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
configure.ac:8: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/sw/share/aclocal-1.15/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:8: the top level
autom4te: /sw/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal)
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCXX does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 'am__fastdepCXX' is to add 'AC_PROG_CXX'
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:     AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:     AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, AM_PROG_UPC
/sw/share/automake-1.15/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
configure.ac:8: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/sw/share/aclocal-1.15/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:8: the top level
autom4te-2.69: /sw/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

these are the generated files:

Makefile.am  autogen.sh  autom4te.cache  config.guess  config.h.in  config.log  config.sub  configure  configure.ac  depcomp  include  libgeneral  libgeneral.pc.in  libgeneral.xcodeproj

vs the git dir:

Makefile     Makefile.in  autogen.sh      compile       config.h     config.log     config.sub  configure.ac  include     libgeneral     libgeneral.pc.in      libtool    m4       stamp-h1
Makefile.am  aclocal.m4   autom4te.cache  config.guess  config.h.in  config.status  configure   depcomp       install-sh  libgeneral.pc  libgeneral.xcodeproj  ltmain.sh  missing

[tihmstar]

Building without .git is not supported, since the versioning relies on git i.e. the version number is literally the number of git commits and the latest commit hash. Without git this information is not available and thus the version number can't be set correctly