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Re: Tired of make.
MDJ> with one Guile-based tool + a set of databases.
If the result of using such a tool were a system-specifc binary
install package (dpkg/rpm/swpackage/pkgadd/swmgr), the objection about
requiring extra tools vanishes -- you get the native distribution
format. The rest of the folks that want to do custom source builds
for whatever reason can install this tool (which makes no assumptions
about pre-existing GNU support tools for its build).
So, a single, extensible Guile-based system to target the range of
system features and idiosyncrasies (currently covered by
autoconf/libtool), resulting in a installer package that does all the
right things for any given target distribution format...