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On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:55 AM, al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> wrote:
>
>> 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.

Exactly.  Autotools work fine.  The prospective replacements have all failed
because they aren't big enough improvements to be worth switching.
Most of them have been significant downgrade in some ways, as well as
not bothering to provide the same interface.

When replacement software is worthwhile e.g. git vs. cvs/svn, the switch
happens almost immediately.

Britton