From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann Dirson Subject: Re: Autoconf/Automake Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:17:15 +0200 Message-ID: <20060616201715.GM7766@nowhere.earth> References: <1150324030.23268.12.camel@dv> <20060615072450.GF7766@nowhere.earth> <20060615133146.GA5794@steel.home> <20060615201000.600939E2BC@derisoft.derived-software.demon.co.uk> <20060615220534.GL7766@nowhere.earth> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Phil Richards , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jun 16 22:17:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrKkq-0004F7-Hg for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:17:20 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751512AbWFPUQu (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:16:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751513AbWFPUQu (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:16:50 -0400 Received: from smtp6-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.36]:5867 "EHLO smtp6-g19.free.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751512AbWFPUQt (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:16:49 -0400 Received: from bylbo.nowhere.earth (nan92-1-81-57-214-146.fbx.proxad.net [81.57.214.146]) by smtp6-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3CC22568; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:16:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dwitch by bylbo.nowhere.earth with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FrKkl-0000aM-PC; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:17:15 +0200 To: Johannes Schindelin Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 12:58:30AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 10:42:40PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > As for now, I fail to see why the current system is not adequate for git! > > > > I can reassure you, gazillions of people still fail to see why cvs is > > not adequate for their project. And the ratio of devs in the > > corporate world not knowning git to those not knowning cvs is far > > superior to 2. And everyone here knows cvs is not more adequate than > > git for so many tasks :) > > You know as well as I that this comparison is unfair. I am _NOT_ a > corporate person. I hope that you do not judge me as a complete airhead. Well, I have to apologize - especially after looking closer at the current Makefile. I think I understand now why autoconf was suggested in the first place, but it what it would achieve would mostly moving the ifdef's to configure.ac, which would not be such a gain anyway. Best regards, -- Yann Dirson | Debian-related: | Support Debian GNU/Linux: | Freedom, Power, Stability, Gratis http://ydirson.free.fr/ | Check