>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russ> Respectively, I think you're significantly over-solving this Russ> problem. Just document somewhere what files can possibly be Russ> created and let the package author do what they wish with them, Russ> write a make distclean rule or whatever. If Automake wants to Russ> include that stuff, they can read the Autoconf documentation to Russ> see what to remove. You miss one point: killing this impedance problem. When Autoconf adds new files, e.g., autom4te.cache, Automake is immediately obsoleted, because it does not remove this file. What I'm looking for, is a means for Autoconf to be released without immediately obsoleting its peers.