Dear Jim, All, On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 08:17:18AM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> I am unable to find any such change. There _are_ changes that > address _using_ 2.73, but nothing that _requires_ 2.73. I am restoring the requirement for Autoconf 2.72 then. If possible I'd change it even to 2.71, but 2.72 is enough for me now. Thank you and best regards. > > On Jun 22, 2026, at 7:48 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hmmm... I don't think that was intended or even required. > > > >> On Jun 16, 2026, at 1:45 AM, Arrigo Marchiori <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> a recent commit changed the minimum required version of Autoconf in > >> the trunk branch, to version 2.73. > >> > >> None of the Linux distributions I have at the moment (Ubuntu 22.04, > >> OpenSUSE Leap 16.0) ship that version of Autoconf. They ship 2.71 and > >> 2.72 respectively. > >> > >> Is this switch to Autoconf 2.73 important? I am afraid we are raising > >> the entry barrier a bit too much: the cited distro's are still > >> supported, although not ``bleeding edge''. > >> > >> Thank you in advance and best regards, > >> -- > >> Arrigo > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > > > > -- > > Jim > > "This is an outrage!" > > Tony Harrison > > > > -- > Jim > "This is an outrage!" > Tony Harrison > -- Arrigo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
