Hi Dave.
On 05/01/2012 01:30 AM, Dave Hart wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 19:45, Stefano Lattarini
> <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> + - Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
>> + version (1.13). Until now, Automake has been working with any
>> + Autoconf version up to 2.62.
>> +
>
> Presumably you meant to write "Until now, Automake has required
> Autoconf 2.62 or later."
>
I thought my version was clear enough, but rather than risking confusion,
I'll play safe and follow your advise (see attached patch).
Regards,
Stefano
>From 3687a13b055bfd6fb06ab27c9eb96eeee6e01341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <3687a13b055bfd6fb06ab27c9eb96eeee6e01341.1335872605.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 13:42:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] news: fix confusing wording
Reported by Dave Hart.
* NEWS (Future backward-incompatibilities): Fix possibly confusing
wording about the upcoming requirement of Autoconf >= 2.65.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
---
NEWS | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e6b2b9..e7570d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ New in 1.12.1:
* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
- Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
- version (1.13). Until now, Automake has been working with any
- Autoconf version up to 2.62.
+ version (1.13). Until now, Automake has required Autoconf version
+ 2.62 or later.
- Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the rules to
build pdf, ps and dvi output from Texinfo input will use the '--tidy'
--
1.7.9.5
