--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Russ> It may be worthwhile considering whether to just break backwards
> Russ> compatibility to some degree and fix things once and for all,
> Russ> resulting in an autoconf 3 release.
>
> I sentimentally 100% agree with you, but unfortunately I sort of
> understood the incredible momentum users of Autoconf have. At first,
> since they are maintainers, I thought they'd easily agree on deep
> changes in the interface of Autoconf, but I had to realize this is not
> the case[1]. So now I'm more in favor of a soft transition (which
> does not mean there are no earth quakes underneath :).
>
This could be affected with a package rename/fork. Change the name to
Autoconf2 and allow the major focus of change be to Autoconf2 and only minor
bug fixes for Autoconf.
Regards,
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