Hi Russ, thanks for the feedback. On 02/01/2013 07:38 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> writes: > >> So, is anyone using or playing with Automake-NG, or at least >> contemplating the idea to do so in the short term? Or should we just >> let the project die? > > I'm not personally using it or playing with it yet, but I like the idea of > rethinking the project and eliminating historic cruft and old workarounds. > I also agree with assuming GNU make; I think it's now hard to find a > system that doesn't have GNU make, and it seems likely it will, in the > long run, allow you to generate much more efficient build systems. Also, > you seemed to be having fun with it, and I think that's important! > I'm happy to read this :-)
> To be honest, the main reason why I've not already started playing with it > is that it's not packaged for Debian, which is enough of a hurdle that I > haven't found the time to fiddle with it. > Debian's attitude is perfectly understandable here, since the package is still at an alpha status, and hasn't seen any release or pre-release yet. Which makes me think that forcing users to bootstrap the project from a Git branch hidden in Automake's repository in order to use it might be hampering their willingness to give it a try. It's probably time to separate for good Automake-NG from mainline Automake, and to issue some early alpha releases. Not sure when I'll have time to do this properly though ... Thanks, Stefano
