The .la files
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Currently (v7.2) the .la files are still needed to make sure the .so files
are loaded by texi2any to speed up things. As of TeXInfo 7.2.x they are
not needed any more and can be left out. See

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-texinfo/2025-01/msg00000.html ff.

for details.

Interesting things from upcoming TI 7.3:

 . texi2any program implementation in C embedding Perl.
   Use --enable-c-texi2any to prefer the C implementation
 . texi2any uses the Perl extensions in C for converters when possible.
   Set the `TEXINFO_XS_CONVERT' environment variable to 0 for pure Perl

 . removed fallback if a node is not found in a cross-reference to
   searching for a file of the same name.  e.g. "* Foo::" in a menu
   would go to a file called "Foo", if no node called "Foo" was found.
   now only the node is looked for.
