Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> writes:
> Most notably, we are also rebuilding "configure" using autoconf 2.71
> without issues. Perhaps we can get rid of the 2.69 hardcoding there?
Meh ... the fact that it works fine for you doesn't mean it will work
fine elsewhere. Since we're trying to get out from under maintaining
the autoconf build system, I don't think it makes sense to open
ourselves up to having to do more work on it. A policy of benign
neglect seems appropriate to me.
regards, tom lane