You also acknowledge, in the text, that autotools gets some hate, and you justify its use and your inclusion of it in the book. My sense of the book so far-- t

You also acknowledge, in the text, that autotools gets some hate, and you justify its use and your inclusion of it in the book. My sense of the book so far-- though I've only had it for a day or two-- is that it's pretty balanced in terms of avoiding evangelical fervor for any one tool or approach.