Re: on de-supporting deb-make
Hi,
>>"Vincent" == Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com> writes:
Vincent> * The best way the package a software, is to change its
Vincent> source to use autoconf (IMHO).
Vincent> Yes, I know this is potentially a lot of work. (No, I'm not
Vincent> saying we should convert everything to use autoconf, but as
Vincent> far as I've seen it looks like the best solution)
While we are bruiting opinions, IMHO dist (metaconfig,
Configure, etc) is more flexible than autoconf; I can even write
Debuan.U packages to make it even more debian-specific, I allows
(again, IMHO) a better, automated process of creating a Configure
file than does autoconf.
manoj
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