>> > 6. Some time ago I bumped our minimum required Texinfo version to
>> > 5.0 (for a few reasons[5]), and this is too new for stock Mac
>> > OS X (makeinfo 4.8). However, it should be possible to make
>> > generated *.info files part of the distribution archive and
>> > thereby reduce the dependency load for people who _don't_ care
>> > about running "make doc" (which demands an entire working TeX
>> > installation).
>>
>> +1
>
> This is done[1]. With some luck it'll make life easier for the BSDs
> as well.[2]
Great!
Werner