[Typo3-dev] TYPO3core autotools integration and doxygen

[dan frost]

Martin Kutschker wrote:
> "Michael Scharkow" <mscharkow at gmx.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:mailman.1.1111571714.17240.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> 
>>I do know autoconf, but again, I see no purpose for it in TYPO3: You can 
>>just cvs co && tar czf release.tar.gz and that's basically it.
> 
> 
> It could check for PHP and the necessary extensions.
> It could set the permissions correctly.
> It could autoconfigure imagemagick.
> 
It could download and install extensions - setup tables etc
It could check for binary dependencies of extensions (e.g. pdflib)
It could populate the database with users, groups, even page trees from 
a config file...

I love automation!