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by Pete_D 2635 days ago
The portability is a very nice feature of autotools, but that distinction between developer sources and distributed sources it was designed around isn't as clear cut or widespread as it used to be. If I start a new C/C++ project today, chances are I expect users to be building from the git repo or a snapshot of it, rather than a semi-cooked tarball.

(I don't know what build system I'd pick these days - probably just write the Makefiles by hand.)