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Subject: why does php support 'only' out-of-date/obsolete versions of
 automake/autoconf?
From: openmacnews@gmail.com (OpenMacNews)

php52-cvs' "INSTALL" states:

	"autoconf 2.13 and automake 1.4+ are required (newer versions of
autoconf may work, but are not supported)"

@ distrowatch, distros haven't shipped for ages with automake 1.4.

automake 1.4 was released:                     14-Jan-1999
current/stable automake (v1.9.6) was released: 10-Jul-2005

(1) why has this not been updated to more recent/shipped/released
versions ?  is there a legit reason?

(2) what needs to happen to get this updated? who leads the charge?