Keith Packard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think it's important to use the defacto standard unless that > standard is significantly insufficient for the task; branching out > to non-standard tools may be reasonable for marginal packages, but X > does need to build in a lot of weird places and I'd hate to see X > developers once again solely responsible for making the the build > tools work.
This is indeed a possibility with this kind of tools. > It's important to realize that we're trying to avoid making an > irrevocable decision here; once the tree is modularized, there's no > reason independent packages must all use automake in the future. > Every maintainer should get to choose what tools they want to use. Good point. Modularity will open up a lot of possibilities. Thanks a bunch for your responses. Cheers
