Re: autoconf auxdir

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Thursday 12 April 2001 11:13 am, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Alexandre> On Apr 11, 2001, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Given that we want to promote config/
>
> Alexandre> Who's we?
>
> Well, I for one, and it was something that arose a certain of times.
> I do believe Gary too is one of the promoters, but I can't claim it.

Yup.  I was bitten by the aux bug on cygwin, and have recommended the use of 
config to anyone who cares to listen to me ever since.

> The point of promoting is to have the least surprise, and less to
> learn.  We are quite happy people use doc/, and not texinfo/, that
> they use src/ and not sources/, lib/ and not support/ or portability/
> etc. because it helps understanding quickly what happens.

Agreed.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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