On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 07:25:39PM +0200, w-thiel@xxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:05:17AM +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote: > > ... > > With all the Makefile mess, did you already consider using Automake? > > > I vote against using autoXXX stuff: IMHO, it will not be needed, and > it will add confusion to new unexperienced users: "Why doesn't it com- > pile with 'make'?", "It doesn't work with autoXXX version x.x which is the > default in my distribution.", etc. I don't think auto* is necessarily needed for Myth, but to refute your arguments: 1. 50%+ of free software uses "./configure; make" so new users should be familiar with it (or are probably using binary packages anyway); 2. auto* versions are only an issue for developers and SVN users; release tarballs are distributed with those tools already run such that users just run configure. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@xxxxxxxxxx> <hamish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
