On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Lars Hecking wrote: > Bob Friesenhahn writes: > > On 8 Oct 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > > > > > There is one big question which must be answered first: will it have > > > to be Autoconf 2.13 compatible? > > > > > > I *strongly* suggest that it must not. It should AC_PREREQ 2.54 > > > immediately. Then, I'm fine with checking the M4 code and making it > > > up to date. If needed, I'll wrap a 2.55 with whatever is needed to > > > have Libtool work better with Autoconf. > > > > I agree. I can't imagine why anyone would want to use an antique > > version of Autoconf which dates from 1996. > > Because it works? In any case, it's the respective maintainer's choice. > > Making autoconf incompatible with previous versions of itself while not > upping the major release number at the same time was a pretty bad move IMHO.
Deliberately introducing design incompatibilities simply encourages people to use other tools. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
