Re: autoconf 1.x for vms maintainership request

[Roger Leigh]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:

>    From: Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden>
>    Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
>
>    Autoconf 1.12 is an anchient legacy version dating from eight years
>    ago.  The current Autoconf is 2.59.  If no one responded, it was
>    probably because your request was similar to proposing a design
>    change to the Model T Ford.
>
> it's not so much a design change as maintenance for the benefit of those
> still using that code w/ more recent VMS environments.  for these users,
> "current" is what is useful, no matter how ancient or legacy it may be
> considered by others.

Maintenance should really include upgrading to the current version of
autoconf.  Is there any VMS support in the older version that is
missing in the current version?  Are there any other factors that
prevent upgrading?  Either way, upgrading to the current version and
including support for any required VMS support is needed.


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Roger Leigh

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