Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r101037: * configure.in (AC_PREREQ): Require autoconf 2.66 to stop version churn.

[Stefan Monnier]

>> What means "version churn" and why is it a problem?
> When regenerating configure in the past few days 2.65 and 2.66 where
> used alternatively a few times.  The large diffs generated each time
> make it hard to verify that the change did not have unintended
> consequences.

I think that's a rather minor issue compared to the problem of developers
not being able to regenerate `configure'.

> I had to install 2.66 locally too (replacing 2.65 that I also had
> installed locally).  It takes about 5 seconds to install, so...

That's a good hint that it's on the wrong side of bleeding edge.
Could you please revert this change until distributions like Debian
testing update their packages?


        Stefan