distro-configs files, autogen.sh options, defaults etc

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 03:01:16PM +0200, Lubos Lunak wrote:
>  Is there any reasonable use case for preferring almost all internal copies of 
> libraries if the system-wide one is suitable?

mu(*). You are asking the wrong question. The problem is that "is suitable" is
not something that is easily decidable. Even less so by configure automagic. It
often boils to making the choice between two sets of bugs (or a set of bugs vs.
one big blocker).

Best,

Bjoern

(*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29