Re: autoconf-2.68b released [beta]

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Sometimes I worry that this sort of hassle discourages
> others who are using older hosts -- that is, I worry that
> these are not the sorts of things that are likely to get
> reported on mailing lists, as these folks will likely
> just shrug and give up on free software.  It's hard
> to say how often it happens.  I hope it's rare.

I agree.

GNU should not intentionally do things which discourages free software 
development in 2nd and 3rd world countries where available computers 
may not be close to common specifications for new computers.  In fact, 
the available computers might be donated computers from the late '90s 
or early 2000s, or special low-cost (and/or low electricity use) 
computers targeted for such countries.

Some people might even attempt software development on devices like 
the Rasberry Pi with only 256MB of memory.

Bob
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