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 <grendel@debian.org> was heard to say:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 02:52:20PM -0500, Steve Langasek scribbled:
> > 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"?
Ugh. That's awfully wordy. I don't think there's that much danger of
confusion with the alternatives system, and IMO the slight risk is
outweighed by how cumbersome the sentence above is. I think "an
alternative to GNU autoconf" is a better choice.
Daniel
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