>> On the automake debate, I favour migration but have no strong >> opinions. I know others do, and I'm wondering if those with >> objections could post them for discussion > > (I'm in favour of it so shouldn't be replying.) From what I recall, > the objections are the normal (valid) ones about the auto* family, > and that there are nicer alternatives, e.g. SCons, but auto* are the > norm so developers and packagers are most likely to be familiar with > them, [...]
In particular, those are the standard *GNU* tools, and given that groff is a GNU package, it seems to be the obvious choice. Additionally, integration of gnulib into automake is almost trivial, which also helps a lot. Werner