From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2011-04-29T17:33:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib

On 04/27/2011 02:30 PM, Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Nikolai Weibull<now@bitwi.se>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 22:07, Luis Lavena<luislavena@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> While I could have learned autoconf myself (with LOT of time), the
>>> size of any of the packages I autoconf-based packages are huge
>>> compared to what I need, making things really hard for me (everybody
>>> knows that I'm lazy)
>> I would suggest that you read
>>
>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/autotools_a_guide_to_autoconf_automake_libtool
>>
>> it�s a great book and it contains more or less all the information
>> that you will ever need on the autotools.
>>
> Thank you Nikolai,
>
> Actually I remember reading it not long ago. Is not a matter of
> completely not knowing, but is a matter of time constrains.
>
> As I mentioned (and you kindly quoted): I'm, very lazy, everybody
> knows that about me.
>
> If I need to do something twice, I automate it.
>
> While I can sit, read and learn the whole toolset, I rather prefer be
> more proficient in other aspects.
>
> But thank you for the link, perhaps someone interested in learning
> this can take advantage of it.
>
> Regards,

Given your many contributions to the community, I think it's fine if you 
want to let someone else handle this one :)

-Justin