Re: [sigc] How to include libsigc

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 08:48 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> > I've never used Automake/Autoconf... I guess I'll give it a shot.  Time
> > to move up I suppose.
> 
> for the love of all that is holy, don't do it. auto* were a step up once
> but no more. project after project is dropping them because of the
> extreme kludge level these tools represent. not to mention an almost MS-
> like attitude that enables dropping forward *and* back compatibility
> every other major release. there are lots of ways of doing exactly the
> same things with regular make or with my now-preferred build tool,
> scons.

However, it remains the de-facto standard for open source projects,
particularly in the GNOME world, and what you'll see in examples. There
are always alternatives with fans, but a beginner deserves to be given a
less extreme view.

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Murray Cumming
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