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Re: CMake! Debarshi Ray Fri Oct 10 22:00:22 2008 

> * Automake has 2 modes, a GNU mode which enforces GNU guidelines and
> a "foreign" mode which doesn't, but for some insane reason, it defaults to the
> GNU mode. This is broken for many reasons:
> - A tool should not error when some coding style guideline is broken, at most
> it should warn.
> - Most projects using automake these days are NOT GNU projects, it's silly to
> try to enforce GNU's guidelines on those.
> - The most annoying thing the "GNU" mode

Now how much does it take to use the "foreign" mode? Not much. Just
the 7 letters: "f-o-r-e-i-g-n". That is not much of a pain, isn't it?
:-)

Cheers,
Debarshi

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