It is not on a number of platforms that enjoy popular usage.
> In technical terms, it is easier to rename BSDmakefiles rather than millions of projects out there.
GNU is not the standard. Generally it's a superset of it; if so, then it should have the onus of the nonstandard name.
- Rename non-gnu makefiles of a specific platform (tedious but possible),
- Rename gnu makefiles in the entire internets (0% chance),
- Continue insisting to no avail (requires no effort).
>if so, then it should
A wonderful world where such implications always work, but not where we live.
It is not on a number of platforms that enjoy popular usage.
> In technical terms, it is easier to rename BSDmakefiles rather than millions of projects out there.
GNU is not the standard. Generally it's a superset of it; if so, then it should have the onus of the nonstandard name.