configure.in vs. configure.ac (Re: RFA: Add Epiphany newlib & libgloss port)

[Jim Meyering]

Joern Rennecke wrote:
> Quoting Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>:
>
>> Using the "configure.in" name rather than "configure.ac" is really
>> anachronistic.  Better to switch to the latter (it's been 10 years),
>> if only to avoid making people wonder which version of autoconf you require.
>> It will probably avoid some warnings, too, for those who enable them.
>
> All the autoconf template files in newlib and libgloss are named  configure.in .
> If I add a port with confiure.ac, it'll be the odd one out.

I didn't realize that.

I volunteer to rename them.
Would anyone object?