Re: build systems

["Diego Escalante Urrelo" <diegoe gnome org>]

Hello,

On 11/9/07, Rob Taylor <rob taylor codethink co uk> wrote:
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>
> One problem I find rather endemic in gnome is a) 'forced' usage of older
> automake/autoconf versions (why AM 1.7? why?!) and a lot of very
> confusing and messy autotools usage (I'll make a list if people want..).
> Maybe it'd be better for us to spend time cleaning up our autotools
> usage to be more understandable than switching to something else that's
> less capable.
>

Please make the list, we should include it somewhere in Developer's
resources so new people or people just not so interested in autofoo
can use it as a reference to fix problems. It can even become a
GnomeGoal.

greetings,

Diego