[MPlayer-dev-eng] autoconf (was: use gcc instead of calling ld directly)

[Paul Jarc]

Gabucino <gabucino at localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> D Richard Felker III wrote:
>> The consensus is that it's the wrong thing to do and that anything
>> autoconf-based will be immediately rejected with no questions asked.
>
> Agreed.

Could someone please explain why?  Or point to a specific thread in
the archives?  All I've been able to find so far is that some have
said autoconf (but not automake or libtool) would be ok if someone
volunteered to do the work, and others have said autoconf is bad but
have not given any reasons.


paul