Re: Autoconf upgrade

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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Thomas Lockhart writes:
>
> > Hmm. I'd much rather be using a version which actually ships with some
> > distros. I've got 2.13 on my rather fresh Linux box. Anyone else getting
> > something later any time soon?
>
> Autoconf 2.13 is probably going to stay around for quite a while since a
> lot of projects are using it. But it's dead and old (>2 years).
>
> We could argue about using 2.52 or 2.53. 2.52 is widely adopted, but if
> we're going to switch, why not use the latest stable release? We are
> quite known for scolding people for using old releases of the software
> that we maintain.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
>
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