Re: A new Autotools book

[Robert J. Hansen]

John Calcote wrote:
> 3. Please don't try to avoid hurting my feelings - tell me like it is.
> I'd rather be wrong in front of you guys than look stupid to the rest
> of the world.

I've not had time to do more than skim the introduction, but if the rest 
of the book is of a similar character, I look forward to reading it. 
I'm not an Autotools fan--I'm one of the "Autotools haters" you mention 
in your introduction.  I think Autotools is probably the worst build 
system out there, with the possible exception of everything else that's 
been tried.  (Except for Ant.  Ant is simply beautiful.)

If you can deal with getting reviews from someone who actively dislikes 
Autotools and thinks its only redeeming virtue (and by no means a small 
one) is that it can actually do the job, well... I'd be happy to go over 
it with a red pen.  :)