could we imagine decreasing the the version on Automake stipulated in "configure.ac"?
I'd actually like to require automake 1.11.1, since that fixes a security bug in how `make dist' creates tarballs (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00012.html). Automake 1.11.1 is from 2009, which is quite old by now, decreasing the version is I think a bad idea. AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11]) AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]) The most recent OpenIndiana (from September 2011) ships with automake-1.10. I think we would do external testers a service, were we to lower the demand. For my own work with a slightly older OpenBSD, automake-1.9 is ideal. Is there a specific why `testers' need to re-run automake instead of using the tarball for which you don't need automake/autoconf/etc?
