[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1

[Achim Gratz]

Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the
packaging notes below.  Additionally the automake wrapper has been
updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for
Cygwin).

GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These
scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems
without manual user intervention.  Autoconf creates a configuration
script for a package from a template file that lists the operating
system features that the package can use, in the form of m4 macro calls.

Multiple versions of Autoconf can be installed at the same time --
the autoconf wrapper choses among them.


Cygwin Packaging Notes
======================

Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully
backwards compatible.  Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new
autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the
wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to
select a newer autoconf version.  The default (when no explicit
WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version
2.69 on Cygwin.  The default will change to "2.7" after some period of
testing.

Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in
their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to
check for regressions.


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[GOLDSTAR] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1

[Ken Brown]

On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> 
> Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the
> packaging notes below.  Additionally the automake wrapper has been
> updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for
> Cygwin).

Great work, thanks for doing this.  I second Corinna's gold star recommendation.

Ken

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1

[Ken Brown]

On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully
> backwards compatible.  Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new
> autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the
> wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to
> select a newer autoconf version.  The default (when no explicit
> WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version
> 2.69 on Cygwin.

As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the default for 
packages built via cygport is still 2.5.

> The default will change to "2.7" after some period of
> testing.
> 
> Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in
> their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to
> check for regressions.

I have a comment about this, but I'll follow up on cygwin-apps.

Ken

Re: [GOLDSTAR] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1

[Andrew Schulman]

> On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> > 
> > Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the
> > packaging notes below.  Additionally the automake wrapper has been
> > updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for
> > Cygwin).
> 
> Great work, thanks for doing this.  I second Corinna's gold star recommendation.
> 
> Ken

Awarded! https://cygwin.com/goldstars/#AG