Predefined configs are fine when they're correct. The problem is,
with an application that will last a long time, they start to suffer
from bit rot. You know, option X works only on Blah-version 5.1, but
only if you installed the optional package YYY. People will
contribute configs, then fail to maintain them. That's why autoconfig
is better. What defines what features are available on what systems?
What is a system? For example, what features are available on Linux?
Which linux distribution? With what packages added? Did you install
libXpm? Is it a version > 1.0.2?
I hated the old-sytle perl configs that asked me all sorts of
questions, which I had to research to answer. If it automatically
figures out correct defaults, fine. If it takes a guess just based on
the result of `uname`, that isn't so great.
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