Re: an update to automake-1.11?

[Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 freenet de>]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > a) it will cause some moderate stir-up to those packages whose upstreams
> > are still abusing the autotools.
>
> s/ab// ;-)
>
> Why can't we just move to a better build system with higher focus on
> backwards compatibility?

Because
a) the autotools are not as bad as you in your want to make them appear.
b) it's not "we" (Fedora) who chooses the tools, it's the upstreams's 
choice.

> (And FYI, I'm "against autotools" more than
> I'm "for CMake". It's just that in the past I could just say "don't use
> autotools", now I have an actual alternative to suggest.)

Sigh, ... Kevin, please refrain from spreading foul and silly propaganda 
on topic you apparently have insufficient knowledge about.