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Serious question for phk: Despite your rant, why do you continue to use autotools in Varnish? Is it because libraries that Varnish depends on require autotools?
by etrain 14y ago
Serious question for phk: Despite your rant, why do you continue to use autotools in Varnish? Is it because libraries that Varnish depends on require autotools? Or did you simply follow convention?
- phkamp 14y agoThe reason varnish uses autotools is that I delegated the build/release infrastructure to somebody else. From my own time as FreeBSD release engineer I know that task must come with freedom to pick tools and methods, and therefore it does. That doesn't mean I have to like the choice, but I have respect it, (or take over the build/release responsibility myself.)
- emmelaich 14y agoBut pretty much everyone is the same boat. NOBODY likes autotools, but until something comes along which is better and does the same job, we'll switch. Don't underestimate the size and demands of the job though.