[Bf-committers] Autoconf....

[John K. Walton]

the argument went something like this:
only developers will need to use the autoconf tools. once it's done,
people can work with the source code, and not have to rerun autoconf.
being a proponent of 'not making more work than necessary', I objected
to this version difference. however, I gave it the benefit of the doubt
and found it was not a problem to upgrade (I don't have a GNU system
and prefer to use prepackaged tools. so I am at risk here, unlike most
GNU systems like linux, where the common practive is to upgrade in
the face of adversity)... so, give it a spin first, maybe its not so bad?


On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Robert Wenzlaff wrote:

> Who decided and why, to make th build dependant on autoconf 2.54???
> 
> Even RedHat 8.0 (the newest one) only comes with 2.53.
> 
> 
> It won't be accesable to the average user as long as bleeding edge tools are 
> needed.
>