What version of autoconf && automake

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Guys,

> Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com> writes:
>
> Nick used something other than the README-maintainer-mode
> recommended 000227 snapshots (it doesn't recommend that specific
> version, just what's in the
> ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/binutils directory) when
> regenerating configure & Co. for the MMIX port.  It seems other
> people too don't use that version, as Andrew Cagney pointed out.
> This leads me to thinking the 000227 snapshots are not what
> we're supposed to use anymore.
> 
> Can we have an authoritative statement on what version to use?
> A released version, perhaps?

I think that this would be a very good idea.  Can an autoconf/automake
expert recommend a version that we should be using ?

Cheers
        Nick