Re: [Notion-devel] Have we ever discussed using autoconf?

[Josef 'J. S. <je...@jo...>]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 04:00:28PM -0500, Jeff Backus wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Have we considered using autoconf to generate some of the .mk files, 
> such as modulelist.mk and system-autodetect.mk? With the requirement 
> that the user be able to override various things like version of lua 
> used or locations of various libraries, it seems to me like being able 
> to do "./configure --uselua51" or whatever might be more user-friendly 
> than editing files.

I don't remember.  I would however strongly suggest something other than
autotools.  Personally, I much prefer CMake [1].  While it is far from
perfect, it is way saner than autotools.

(different) Jeff.

[1] http://www.cmake.org/

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