Get rid of configure/make? (was Re: [Zope-dev] Re: SVN: Zope/trunk/ Merge philikon-zope32-integration branch. Basically, this branch entails:)

[Lennart Regebro]

On 11/4/05, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
> Having said that, I don't really like the configure/make farce myself.

Farce?

> I'd be happy to get rid of it.  I'm also happy to defer to the vocal
> majority.  Maybe it's worth revisiting this, which is why the provocative
> subject. :)

I read through this post and I don't grok what the suggested alternative is.
Could someone summarize?

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