./configure installs to /usr/local/

Hi,

when I compile abiword with ./configure, it installs it to /usr/local/
Isn't it better to install to /usr/ per default instead ?

Cheers.

ps : with version 2.7.8, when I click help->about abiword, it doesnt show the version number.
Received on Thu Aug 6 21:50:27 2009