>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Paul> Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> writes: >> I've seen an announcement in autotools-announce@xxxxxxx that Automake >> 1.7.9 has been released with Autoconf 2.59.... >> OK, I give up. I used to be an active co-maintainer of Autoconf, >> and now I cannot get the latest public release! Paul> Clearly Autoconf 2.59 has not been released. I don't know why 2.59 Paul> was mentioned in the Automake 1.7.9 announcement, nor do I know why Paul> the Autoconf CVS ChangeLog says "Version 2.59". However, since 2.59 Paul> has not yet been released, I assume that possibly other fixes will be Paul> integrated before 2.59 comes sout. Since the CVS is tagged, the ChangeLog and NEWS updated, and the 2.59 diff posted I think it's pretty clear that Akim intended to release 2.59. (I remember I urged him to, so we don't last with incorrect abs_* value too long.) Tagging the cvs only occurs at the end of `make cvs-dist'. It was so clear that I though it had been announced, hence the mention in Automake's NEWS. It's likely that Akim did all this in an hurry (the incorrect date in NEWS tends to support that) and forgot to upload and announce it. Beside, lrde.epita.fr had some network problems lately, so maybe he could simply not upload it. I can see the GPG-signed tarballs of Autoconf 2.59 in Akim's account. But since Akim should be back tonight or tomorrow, I guess it's better we wait for him. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
