Re: macro archive re-launch

[Bruce Korb]

Peter Simons wrote:
> 
> Dear autoconf users,
> 
> for a while, I have been unsatisfied with the way the autoconf archive
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/> works internally,

The main issue I see with autoconf macros is that they appear
jumbled, which intimidates, and there are nasty little twists
that catch the unwary.  That makes a library of canned config
tests very handy.  You just use 'em.  Detailed descriptions and
version numbers and author names adds enough clutter by itself.
Adding to that with SGML/DTD overhead adds just that much more
clutter.  Keep It Simple!

Of course, that is what I am attempting to do with my

  http://autogen.sourceforge.net/conftest.html

page.  The final generation of output is broken for the moment.
I need to rebuild AutoGen on the compile farm, and it is down
right now.  Oh, well. later.  Works on my box....