Re: Fedora 12 Features Proposed for Removal

[Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 freenet de>]

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