[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] why autotools?

[From: Jarkko Oikarinen]

>The question is: why does a Maemo-only hello world use autotools,  
>since there's clearly no benefit per se from having that "have this  
>have that" analysis done?  Why not just use Makefiles, or better  
>still, something like SCons (www.scons.org) ?

Nothing forces you to use autotools for building applications
for maemo. You can just use a simple Makefile and even a shell
script for making the .deb -package. For example, take a look at
<http://www.sourceress.net/n770>, where the snake game
does just that.

I do prefer the Makefile & shell script solution over automake.
However, with good valid arguments I still might change my opinion.

--Jarkko