Re: A simpler way to configure the source code?

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> The other day, I did a test build of "everything", which involved
> specifying 17 command-line arguments to configure. This is probably the
> reason why some fringe features are not tested very often: the list of
> options is pretty overwhelming.
>
> I remembered that in the old days PHP had an interactive setup script,
> that asked you mainly yes/no questions about each feature you wanted, and
> would run "configure" based on the answers it got. This sort of thing
> might help our situation, because instead of having to specify all the
> options, users can just keep pressing Y all the time. Of course it could
> also be considered as a general improvement in user-friendliness.

I hated that (same for perl).

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