Re: Bug#198665: ITP: pmk -- The pmk project aims to be an alternative to GNU/autoconf (configure scripts).
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:59:19PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 02:52:20PM -0500, Steve Langasek scribbled:
> > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 02:44:17PM -0500, Luca - De Whiskey's - De
> > > Vitis wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 09:30:31PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > Description : The pmk project aims to be an alternative
> > > > > to GNU/autoconf (configure scripts).
> > > >
> > > > Description field is inappropriate, use something like:
> > >
> > > > Description: A GNU/autoconf alternative.
>
> > > Try "an alternative to GNU autoconf" or "a substitute for GNU
> > > autoconf", to avoid confusion with Debian's alternatives system.
> > It's not quite a substitute, as it won't reuse autoconf's configs
> > etc. How about "A tool for configuring software source similar to
> > GNU Autoconf"?
>
No, actually, that is ambiguous. Read literally, it means that only
software source similar to GNU Autoconf can be configured with this
tool. You really mean:
A tool, similar to GNU Autoconf, for configuring software
Admittedly this is ugly. It may also be really inaccurate. I have no
idea of how similar to GNU Autoconf the tool is. I hope that it is not
very similar at all.
Perhaps:
A tool to configure software (GNU Autoconf also has this purpose)
Jim Penny
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