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Another thing, shouldn't automake files be removed form components that have been ported to CMake. Since autotools-based compiling aren't really supported for those...
I'm sure that will happen eventually.
I'd like to see it happen now, or for the next release. Faster cleaning begins, the better.
Simply not going to happen. What I want to see for the next release are bug fixes for user-visible problems that actually affect daily operations.
Build system problems can usually be worked around (once) by the distribution maintainer and are therefore lower priority simply by virtue of the lesser number of people affected.
Tim