At Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:10:45 -0600, Field G. Van Zee wrote: > Notice that we only use autoconf, not automake or libtool. Why is > using autoconf undesirable? We were trying to be good GNU software > citizens when we designed the build system.
Thanks for using autoconf. I think it is a good thing. As a maintainer, I also like automake and libtool because they standardise the build process and reduce the amount of code I am responsible for -- if there is a problem, I just pass it over to the automake/libtool maintainers. Automake's "make distcheck" is also a nice feature. -- Brian Gough GNU Scientific Library - http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
