From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758627AbXGEHBu (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:01:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756572AbXGEHBl (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:01:41 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:38311 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756451AbXGEHBj (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:01:39 -0400 To: Karel Zak Cc: List util-linux-ng , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1 References: <20070703221156.GY14825@petra.dvoda.cz> <20070704174753.GC1939@DervishD> From: Nix Emacs: anything free is worth what you paid for it. Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:01:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20070704174753.GC1939@DervishD> (DervishD's message of "Wed, 4 Jul 2007 19:47:53 +0200") Message-ID: <87sl83fi60.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b27 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-DCC-CTc-dcc2-Metrics: hades 1031; Body=4 Fuz1=4 Fuz2=4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 4 Jul 2007, DervishD stated: > Anyway, if you don't like mobs or you just don't want to try it, > that's fine, but please don't use autotools, it doesn't make much sense > for a linux only project, since you will be using only the "directory > choosing" part of autotools. Maybe a hand made script will help (and I Oh, yeah, great, another hand-rolled build system. That's *juwt* what those of us who have autotools working well (with config.site's that do all we need and then some) are looking forward to. There are advantages to standardization, you know. A *lot* of autobuilders know how to make autoconf-generated configure scripts jump through hoops. I was downright *happy* when util-linux was autoconfiscated: I could ditch the code to handle automatic configuration of yet another one-package hand-rolled build system. -- `... in the sense that dragons logically follow evolution so they would be able to wield metal.' --- Kenneth Eng's colourless green ideas sleep furiously