Re: Which Perl versions Autoconf needs [PATCH included]

[Paul Eggert]

On 2023-03-30 06:06, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Are you, Jacob Bachmeyer, volunteering to maintain the Perl scripts in
> autoconf and automake, for at least the next several years, and in
> particular to test compatibility with these very old versions of Perl?

Although testing Jacob's little patch with old Perl versions is of 
course needed now, surely a multi-year support commitment is not 
necessary. If that patch (along with my draft-but-not-installed patches) 
ports Autoconf to Perl 5.6, then that should be good enough for the next 
Autoconf release as we're not planning any substantive changes before then.

I agree that we should not commit Autoconf to sticking with 5.6 for the 
next several years. We might even increase the minimum Perl requirement 
in the very next Autoconf release if that is needed.