news: Automake 1.13 will require Autoconf >= 2.65

Autoconf 2.65 is almost three years old now, so requiring it is
acceptable.  Also, the soon-to-appear support for Objective C++
in Automake will be simplified if we can assume that Autoconf
version (which is the one that introduced support for Objective
C++).

* NEWS (Planned future backward-incompatibilities): Automake 1.13
will require Autoconf 2.65 or later.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d64c0b..f2181f6 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ New in 1.12.1:
 
 * WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
 
+  - Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
+    version (1.13).  Until now, Automake has been working with any
+    Autoconf version up to 2.62.
+
   - Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the rules to
     build pdf, ps and dvi output from Texinfo input will use the '--tidy'
     option by default.  Since such an option was introduced in Texinfo