I am really happy about the numerous feedback to my request, sending best wishes to all authors! Here is another book I wanted to add: http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/index.html. 2010/5/5 Gary V. Vaughan <gary@xxxxxxx>: > Hi Warren, > > On 5 May 2010, at 00:15, Warren Young wrote: >> On 5/3/2010 10:11 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> >>> CAVEAT EMPTOR: While it is certainly worth skimming through the >>> autobook to get a feel for how the various programs interact and can >>> be used together, the book will be 10 years old this year, and much >>> has changed in that time that makes plenty of the details described >>> in the book inaccurate, obsolete or just plain wrong. >> >> I don't know that I ever would have started using autotools without the autobook. Coming to it for the first time can be hugely confusing, and it smoothed out a lot of bumps for me. Any chance of a new version of the book for the next generation of newbies? > > Thanks for the positive feedback, it's always nice to hear back from > someone who has gained something from our book. > > Sadly, right now there are not enough hours in the day for me to > rewrite the content of the autobook to bring it inline with the > current state of the tools. But, the book is open source, and I > would be more than happy to accept patches or even organise a commit > rights for anyone that would like to tackle some small (or large) > part of the work of bringing it up to date. > > I have been approached by 3 separate reputable publishers about a > follow-up, but have had to let them all down for lack of time. But, > I'm certain that it would be easy to arrange for a fully updated > and revised autobook to be published through amazon and brick and > mortar stores by one of those publishers thanks to the licensing > of the original... if that serves as motivation to begin the work > of updating it. > > And, of course there is also John Calcote's new Autotools book in > the pipeline: > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593272065/?tag=gidca-20 > > Cheers, > -- > Gary V. Vaughan (gary@xxxxxxx) > > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
