John> No, I haven't tried CVS automake, but that's not really an
John> option for this project. It'll be an uphill battle to get my
John> automake-ifying patches accepted in the first place (to the WINE
John> project), so I'm pretty much stuck with released versions.
I totally understand. It would be nice to get a release out. Hell,
it would be nice to fix a bug.
I'm pretty much looking for someone interested in taking over automake
development. It is pretty clear I'm not finding the time to do it :-(
John> As a side note, it was quite a lot of work to convert WINE's
John> build system to libtool/automake (mainly due to the sheer mass
John> -- around 115 makefiles!), but I'm pleasantly surprised at how
John> well it went. I did have my reservations. (c:
I would have too, though we have done other things about as large.
Ian implemented Automake conditionals when he automake-ified ILU a few
years ago. That was a major step in making automake suitable for
larger projects.
Tom
