Re: Build System Changes

Hi Robert,

2007/2/9, Robert Schwebel <[email protected]>:
> Well, could we agree on a required autotool version set first? I have no
> problem with a well specified version set, even if I think that we
> should always use the latest releases, which are:
>
> - autoconf 2.61
> - automake 1.10
> - libtool 1.5.22
>
> Any other fairly recent version would do it as well, but we should
> specify it for now. It is easy for maintainers to use the "right"
> versions, and we could even code it into the autogen scripts so nobody
> has to do something manually.
>

What is exactly the need to require the latest versions of autotools?

I'd would rather stick to a more conservative approach of changing version
requirements. Like if it becomes a really big maintenance burden to
support a particular old version we might move the prerequisite version
just past it.

Regards,
Aleksey