[Asterisk-Dev] Problem with asterisk/codecs/gsm/Makefile asterisk/codecs/mp3

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Thursday 16 October 2003 18:40, Chris Albertson wrote:
> Is there a reason why Asterisk does not use GNU autoconf?
> Is it just because no one has done it yet and Asterisk was not
> (at least at first) intended to be ported?
>
> automake/autoconf is pretty much the best way to solve makefile
> and other portability issues.
>
> I tied building on a 64-bit SPARC which is IMO the best platform
> for a PBX (needles to say it bombed big time.) but I would not
> attempt to even start a port without first converting over to
> use GNU auto tools and libtool.
>
> You can buy SPARCS for under $1k and you can even install the OS
> remotely.  (Software in ROM talks to the serial port with no
> OS loaded.)  1 3/4" high, very small footprint. About as big as
> a stack of two notebook PCs  and they take PCI cards and have
> two 100BaseT interfaces built in.
>
> So again, is there any reason not to use the "auto tools"?

This was asked about a month ago and answered.  To summarize:  nobody
wants to maintain the autoconf/automake tools for Asterisk.  If you want
to do this, I suggest you summarily volunteer and get the tools up to
speed.  Otherwise, stop suggesting more work, unless you're planning
to volunteer to do some of it.

It seems silly to complain about how broken something is, even though
everybody else is using it with no problems, but not offer to write the
solution.

-Tilghman