(Answering only for Automake, because I've also been confused by Akim's last statements about announcements that shouldn't be considered official.)
>>> "Dalibor" == Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Dalibor> Can I build automake 1.7.9 (if that's officially the Dalibor> latest) It is. Dalibor> with autconf 2.57, 2.58 or 2.59 or whatever the latest Dalibor> officially released version turns out to be? Yes. All 1.7.x versions work with Autoconf 2.54 or greater. [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
