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Re: autoconf 1.x for vms maintainership request
- From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn at surf dot glug dot org>
- To: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:07:52 +0200
- Subject: Re: autoconf 1.x for vms maintainership request
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0404270929360.11901-100000@scooby.simplesystems.org>
- Reply-to: ttn at glug dot org
From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us>
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.
(believe me, VMS users have heard those particular terms dismissively
applied since the very beginning... ;-)
thi