From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762016AbXGEUhR (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:37:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759269AbXGEUhF (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:37:05 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:49602 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759187AbXGEUhD (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:37:03 -0400 To: 7eggert@gmx.de Cc: Karel Zak , List util-linux-ng , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1 References: <8CYT9-4Ou-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <8Dh9k-8lT-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <8DtDz-3xC-15@gated-at.bofh.it> From: Nix Emacs: well, why *shouldn't* you pay property taxes on your editor? Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:36:52 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Bodo Eggert's message of "Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:50:54 +0200") Message-ID: <87zm2aegez.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-dcc1-Metrics: hades 1182; Body=5 Fuz1=5 Fuz2=5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 5 Jul 2007, Bodo Eggert outgrape: > I'm really really happy if I read 'edit Makefile.conf and run make...'. autobuild scripts find it a hell of a lot more annoying to edit a different makefile for every project than to run one unchanging config.site... It's hardly a killer, but it would be a step backwards IMO :( by all means switch to a nicer build system: cmake, perhaps? but ditching standardized build systems entirely is not so good. -- `... in the sense that dragons logically follow evolution so they would be able to wield metal.' --- Kenneth Eng's colourless green ideas sleep furiously