i would like to help coordinate these downstream distros so they don't have
to keep all repeating the same work. basically:
Sounds sensible to me.
* commits are on a volunteer/request basis -- there is no
expectation that people working on master/whatever think about
as folks are aware, some projects require specific versions of autotools.
the exact reasons don't matter (e.g. committed files ala gcc/binutils/gdb,
working on an old branch/release, etc...). i'd like to focus on one part:
downstream distros will often carry backports to keep older versions
