Red Echo

March 31, 2010

It’s just a rant, but it’s one I can relate to. Autotools must die:

But autotools was a kluge. And it did accrete kluges and crocks around it, adding layers of complexity until it became sore difficult to tell which end was up. And lo, it became a festering pile of special cases and obscure semi-documented rules, leading to a combinatorial explosion of unplanned interactions and obscure lossage.

Some good comments too.