On 13 Sep 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > - Why should I upgrade from 2.53? > > Several bug fixes, improved portability, no known incompatibility with > 2.53, forthcoming Automake 1.7 requires 2.54.
you just added one yesterday. > - Why should I upgrade from 2.13? > > This version is no longer maintained. It does not address recent > architectures, recent compilers etc. We know that upgrading from 2.13 > to 2.5x is not an easy task, especially because the Autoconf 2.13 was > extremely tolerant to incorrect macro invocations, but waiting longer > endangers the portability of your package and only delays the > conversation to newer Autoconf versions. Worse: some maintainers now > spend a significant amount of time fixing bugs in 2.13 or backporting > macros from 2.53. if any part of that were true, you wouldn't keep repeating it. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
