On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:21:48 -0500
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Saturday 06 January 2007 05:10, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> > Is there any reason why not setting "latest" as default for
> > WANT_AUTO* variables?
> >
> > I believe that an ebuild should set these variables only if there is
> > some exception.
> 
> that seems like a not-too-shabby idea actually

Not sure.  Would we run the risk that working ebuilds would start to
fail when newer autotools versions arrive?

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Kevin F. Quinn