Torsten Paul Eichst?dt wrote: > References: > 1. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoconf > german, but the english version doesnt include critcs; maybe some native > english speaker > can add some?) > In short: There's a section called critics, stating auto* works well on > Linux/GNU (add from > me: or, with some luck, any modern UNIX as long you use gcc + a bunch of > GNU tools you > otherwise probably dont need), but often fails on other systems. It has > several > weaknesses. (I didnt write that article) > 2. http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/ "Why the KDE project switched to CMake -- > and how" > > We need autotools for the deps and KBE, right?
IMO autocrap has a very high smeg factor. It's well suited to Linux, where you never know if you're coming or going (borked libs, borked compilers, borked headers, borked interpreters). It beats me why KDE doesn't use qmake. Surely to build KDE, you must have qmake available? A+ Paul
