Fedora 12 Features Proposed for Removal
Ralf Corsepius
rc040203 at freenet.de
Mon Aug 10 22:17:38 UTC 2009
On 08/10/2009 11:56 PM, Ben Boeckel wrote:
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> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
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>> On 08/10/2009 09:01 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
>>> Are these of the sort where a bug is reported, it's found that
> autotools
>>> made a bad decision, and then patching autotools fixed the
> problem?
>> Unlike some people around on this list, these tools' upstreams
> know how
>> to use the autotools (I am active contributor to all of them):
>> Use pregenerated files, do not run the autotools while building.
>>
> And things like this make the autotools completely unattractive as
> a developer (to me at least).
Well, not all tools suite all needs. If you believe other tools better
suite your needs, use them, if you feel like it.
But if you use a tool (such as the autotools) you should learn to use
them and to use them correctly.
Ralf
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