On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
> >
> > Why autoconf 2.13 and not 2.52?
>
> 2.53 has some mom-trivial incompatibility problems. It basically means,
> that *every* package has to be tested if it even builds using this
> version. Do you volunteer? :-)
>
> > Why automake 1.4 and not 1.5?
> >
>
> I guess the same issue.
>
> > Small pacages, easy to maintain, loads of bugfixes and additional
> > features.
>
> And a lot of subtle incompatibilities.
>
> -andrej
>
>
Sh*t! I didn't know. I've been using them on a lot of packages and
own software. Where can I read more about these incompatibilities?
Thanks!
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