[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH] Add support for autotools

[Matthias Andree]

Am 09.09.2012 18:42, schrieb Jan Seiffert:
> Shantanu Gadgil schrieb:
>> I would respectfully ask you to re-evaluate the "what most people
>> use" statement. The simplicity of DNSMasq is what makes it so
>> popular.
>>
> 
> I would say yes to the simplicity.
> But i would not search it in the build.
> 
> I have been there with a project of mine.
> Yes, a Makefile and an header where you comment in or out certain
> things looks easy, esp. since i also didn't like autotools.
> 
> But that is not easy.
> 
> It breaks the mantra of
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> 
> People have to know what they are commenting in or out there.
> 
> Managing such configuration sets from an automated build environment
> are a pain.

I beg to differ. For anything that has make variables, you can override
them on the command line, or with automated editing through, for
instance, sed or perl.

> You have to see it from Cristians perspective. He is a Packager for OpenSuSE.
> Packagers are maybe a minority, but are important people.

So what?  If they need to reshuffle their dnsmasq.spec all day long,
they are attacking some particular problem from the wrong angle.

Providing a description of the problem here will probably help. It is
not as though Simon were not listening to packagers.