From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:39:13 GMT
Subject: Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies
Message-ID: <xmqqy13oa8oe.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <29c5c9c0-aa61-415a-9cfa-d64a6b946a48@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> We seem to get fairly regular bug reports about the configure script,
> presumably because most contributors are using the Makefile. It would
> certainly be nice if we could get the CMake support into a state where
> we could consider dropping the configure script.

While I would agree that two is better than having to support three
build procedures, I am not sure how improvement of CMake support
needs to be a prerequisite for removal of autoconf.