On Wednesday 06 July 2005 14:54, Felix Domke wrote: > Ludwig Nussel wrote: > > Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > >>What I don't like about automake (or rather autoconf) is that > >>./configure takes longer to run that the actual build of all > >>in dvb-apps. I am somewhat familiar with autofoo, and I think > >>that most of what autoconf does is pretty useless for > >>Linux-only software. > > > > Sure but especially the automatic build deps generation and "make > > distcheck" are worth it nevertheless IMHO. > > I vote for autotools, at least as an option, too, as it eases up cross > compiling sooo much. > > But I agree that it might be a bit overkill. > > What's about a lightweighted Makefile, without install/crosscompiling > support, and a full-featured autotools version? One of them will likely get neglected and cause headaches for people - I'd say one or the other, but not both.
