Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 11:17:36AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 04 Jul 10:00 -0500, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > Mostly agreed on all the points you made. But WRT the autotools, they are > > such a baroque collection of tools, requiring knowledge of a minimum of five > > languages to use e

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2015 04 Jul 10:00 -0500, Roger Leigh wrote: > Mostly agreed on all the points you made. But WRT the autotools, they are > such a baroque collection of tools, requiring knowledge of a minimum of five > languages to use effectively (Bourne shell, m4, make, autoconf and > automake), I can't rea

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 04/07/2015 16:58, Roger Leigh a écrit : On 04/07/2015 12:23, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2015 04 Jul 05:02 -0500, John Jensen wrote: A lot of software is built using GNU Autotools. It is a very extensive system that has a very steep learning curve in proportion with its power. The GNU docu

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread Isaac Dunham
Building on Nate's answer. On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 07:23:52AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 04 Jul 05:02 -0500, John Jensen wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've been following this list for a long time. I'm a supporter of open > > source and the philosophy around it. I studied programming ye

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread Roger Leigh
On 04/07/2015 12:23, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2015 04 Jul 05:02 -0500, John Jensen wrote: A lot of software is built using GNU Autotools. It is a very extensive system that has a very steep learning curve in proportion with its power. The GNU documentation serves more as a reference manual

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2015 04 Jul 05:02 -0500, John Jensen wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been following this list for a long time. I'm a supporter of open > source and the philosophy around it. I studied programming years ago but as > the work where I live, at the time, was in other areas I moved on to other > things.

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread John Jensen
Hi All, I've been following this list for a long time. I'm a supporter of open source and the philosophy around it. I studied programming years ago but as the work where I live, at the time, was in other areas I moved on to other things. If one wnated to learn C to contribute to the community what