On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Sascha Schumann wrote: > > I would like to know why perl is used to determine how easy it > > would be to replace with something that has a better shot at > > being installed on every box that someone might want to build > > apr on. > > Feel free to provide an awk script which implements the > equivalent functionality.
Ok, as long as you are open to changing it, I am happy. > > When I mentioned the autogen.sh thing, you claimed > > that it was fine to use ./buildconf and that you did > > not want to change it. Submitting patches that get > > ignored is no fun. > > I think it would dramatically improve your chance to get > your proposals accepted, if you would try to understand what > your counterpart says. > > In my last email, I tried to communicate to you that you are > putting words into my mouth. Nobody likes that, especially if > you get it wrong. You have now succeeded in getting things > wrong again (no, I did not defend the choice of Perl and > never accused you of being anti-Perl, nor did I ever say that > I dislike automake or GNU make). > > Thanks, > - Sascha Funny, that is what I thought you were doing. Email is not a very good medium to discern intent, so I will try harder to not read things into what you write. cheers Mo DeJong Red Hat Inc
