bug#65679: Request to cut new automake release to include new pythons

2023-09-01 Thread Sergei Trofimovich
Hi automake developers! Projects using automake build system occasionally get bug reports that python 3.11 and above do not get automatically detected by AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.7]) Recent example: https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/456 It was fixed a while ago in https://git.savanna

bug#65679: Request to cut new automake release to include new pythons

2023-09-01 Thread Karl Berry
WDYT of cutting new `automake` that includes this fix? Then projects could start cutting release tarballs that Just Work for such systems. Agreed we need to make a new automake release asap, but unfortunately the code is not ready. Releasing it would cause more problems than it would solve