Yes, this is something I have thought through, though I may have been lucky/unlucky with my pick of projects. But generally speaking, installs I have installed based on GNU autotools, seems to install with less fuzz than those with C-Make. So, that, and the fact that there is full free documentation of GNU Autotools, even books out there, have made my personal choice easy.
For me the overall factor is the ease for any of my users, installing something I have written.
For me the overall factor is the ease for any of my users, installing something I have written.