> My understanding is that we use a specific version of autoconf. > The reason is that otherwise we end up with useless churn in the repo > as the generated file changes when different committers use different > versions. In the past we have had issues with a new autoconf version > actually breaking the Python build, so we also need to test a new version > before switching to it.
Well, so I guess all committers will have to use the same Linux/FreeBSD/whatever distribution then? AFAICT there's no requirement regarding the mercurial version used by committers either. Charles _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
