Re: backward compatability of tools

[Eric Siegerman]

[removing the automake list from the CC's]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:16:54AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Personally I'm becoming more inclined to start using shell functions.
> Perhaps in Autoconf 3.

The test suite checks whether they're supported.  What has the
feedback been like so far?

That test first appeared in 2.55, in mid-November, 2002 (not
counting betas).  How long would it be appropriate to keep
waiting for complaints?  Three months doesn't feel like enough to
me, but three years would seem to be too long :-)  What do people
feel would be a happy medium?

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