On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 2:02 PM Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > carl hansen <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:22 PM bill-auger <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:38:03 -0700 carl wrote: > >> > What's the deal? autoconf up to date is 2.69, why should I have to > >> > reinstall old versions? > >> > >> one good reason would be because that is the version that will allow > >> this program to compile properly > > > > Well then, icecat should be changed to work with later autoconf. > > We should keep in mind that IceCat is not a truly independent project, > but rather is a slightly modified version of Firefox ESR. Every > modification made in IceCat compared with Firefox ESR carries with it a > maintenance cost. If we makee significant changes to Firefox's build > system, then we will need to track upstream changes to its build system > much more closely, and adapt our modifications accordingly. > > In this case, I don't see a compelling benefit to justify the increased > maintenance cost, which I suspect would be quite significant. > > Mark
Since you point out it is someone else's project, I agree with your analysis and conclusion -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
