Merge branch 'maint' * maint: news: document new 'subdir-objects' warning PLANS: one minor fixlet (mostly cosmetic) PLANS: we have already dropped support for split info files in master NEWS: fix a reference to Automake 1.14 where Automake 2.0 was intended PLANS: fix reference to non-existent 'next' branch PLANS: fix botched version reference maintcheck: fix two references to old location of aclocal and automake dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formats