On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 13:56 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "RC" == Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > RC> This is a non-issue if upstream uses the autotools properly, > RC> i.e. is shipping pre-generated files and doesn't run them while > RC> building. > > The upstream developers still need to have autoconf213 in order to > actually develop the package, though. Correct - Either they will have to distribute "their autotools themselves" (Which, for example GCC does.) or switch the version of autotools they are using. On a wider scale, as long as vendors ship modified autotools, major projects will have to do so in any case. > Hence they still need to get > that old version of the package from somewhere. I see no reason why > Fedora shouldn't simply provide it for them. cf. above. From an upstream perspective, unless these tools are 100% genuine FSF sources, these tools are useless. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
