On 12/20/20 12:25 PM, Wookey wrote:
We realise that it was/is not the autotools design, but that design only works well when the auto* bits get updated reasonably often.
Yes, the design assumes that Autoconf etc. are maintained well, which (except for Zack's efforts) has not been the case for a while. This part of the GNU ecosystem needs more help, as the rare volunteers are spread way too thin.
