RE: GNU Make Extensions

[Duft Markus]

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> >
[snip]
> 
> Also thinking this a little further: especially when I'm working at
> home
> on some free software, I have sometimes only half an hour or something
> like that to spend on developing; I *don't* want to spend this time
> maintaining the build mechanism!! Really: I don't want to do this. If
I
> would not have Confix [1] I wouldn't use autotools...
> 

Sorry, forgot the link ;)

[1] http://confix.sf.net

> >
> > Software lasts longer than any individual maintainer or developer
and
> > so GNU build tools should strive to preserve the freedom of that
> > software by ensuring that end users are provided with the same
> > facilities that the original developers had available.  This
includes
> > the list of files which are included in the package.
> 
[snip]
> 
> Cheers, Markus
> 
> >
> > Bob
> > ======================================
> > Bob Friesenhahn
> > address@hidden,
> > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
> > GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
> >
> >
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