evolution guarantees change. it doesn't guarantee /good/ change. in software, i perfer intelligent design the dodo bird.
- erik On Mon May 8 16:11:22 CDT 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 5/8/06, LiteStar numnums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > seems. So for the half > > our conformity test/configuration, it still wouldn't actually tell me what > > was really missing, which was > > fun because it kept passing the thread test sections... > > So, it sounds like autoconf may function as intended but perhaps the > person who wrote the test needs some help? > > Given that progress is likely to be evolutionary rather than > revolutionary, what kind of system or environment do you see that has > potential to wean people from autoconf with as minimal hassle as > possible? If I'm engrossed in autoconf hell for whatever reason -- > say I'm the Firefox build maintainer, for instance -- what does the > path out look like? > > -Jack >
