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Re: Feedback from GSL folks on libflame 4.0
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at gnu dot org>
- To: "Field G. Van Zee" <field at cs dot utexas dot edu>
- Cc: gsl-discuss mailing list <gsl-discuss at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:19:01 +0000
- Subject: Re: Feedback from GSL folks on libflame 4.0
- References: <4a00655d1002171047t4e87fb85w88b609245e3f9a8e@mail.gmail.com><4B7D90B5.4020707@cs.utexas.edu>
At Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:10:45 -0600,
Field G. Van Zee wrote:
> Notice that we only use autoconf, not automake or libtool. Why is
> using autoconf undesirable? We were trying to be good GNU software
> citizens when we designed the build system.
Thanks for using autoconf. I think it is a good thing.
As a maintainer, I also like automake and libtool because they
standardise the build process and reduce the amount of code I am
responsible for -- if there is a problem, I just pass it over to the
automake/libtool maintainers. Automake's "make distcheck" is also a
nice feature.
--
Brian Gough
GNU Scientific Library -
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/