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From: al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net>
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> On Sat, 10 Sep 2016, al davis wrote:
> > I don't know what is more disgusting. The fact that people are still
> > using autotools in 2016 or the fact that no one has come up with
> > anything better after all these years.
> 
On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:39:35 +0200 (CEST) gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
> Or the fact that when you come up with something better, implement it, 
> prove that it works in multiple project with a long list of obscure 
> systems it's tested on people say it's bad because it's not autotools.

because it really isn't better than autotools.

All of the autotools replacements fail to acknowledge and preserve what
is good about autotools, and mostly fail to acknowledge and fix the
problems it has.

good:
./configure; make protocol
the targets are all there
command line options for packagers

bad:
code bloat, non-modular, chaotic design
imposes its chaos all over anything it touches
bizarre syntax of its own config files
generated makefile is unreadable


Having a list like this is an essential step in making something better.