> > > [snip] > > Also thinking this a little further: especially when I'm working at > home > on some free software, I have sometimes only half an hour or something > like that to spend on developing; I *don't* want to spend this time > maintaining the build mechanism!! Really: I don't want to do this. If I > would not have Confix [1] I wouldn't use autotools... >
Sorry, forgot the link ;) [1] http://confix.sf.net > > > > Software lasts longer than any individual maintainer or developer and > > so GNU build tools should strive to preserve the freedom of that > > software by ensuring that end users are provided with the same > > facilities that the original developers had available. This includes > > the list of files which are included in the package. > [snip] > > Cheers, Markus > > > > > Bob > > ====================================== > > Bob Friesenhahn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > > > > >