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7b7b0d7f
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2025-09-21T08:40:44
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maint: more info about tags in HACKING.
* HACKING: more info about tags.
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0e684652
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2025-06-27T09:54:57
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maint: 1.18.1 released, version now 1.18.1.91.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.18.1.91.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.18.1.91 (auto-update).
* HACKING: release tweaks.
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153298e2
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2025-06-26T10:26:13
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maint: prepare for 1.18.1 release.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18.1. (APIVERSION remains 1.18.)
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: tweak release info some more.
* NEWS: likewise.
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1f4ff701
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2025-06-25T13:52:29
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doc: key maintenance, wording.
* HACKING: mention a couple of links wrt key maintenance.
* doc/automake.texi: wording tweaks.
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dc38a853
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2025-06-19T14:34:34
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doc: more release stuff in HACKING.
* HACKING: more on announcement and signature. Still incomplete.
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9639fc23
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2025-05-27T09:01:00
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maint: 1.18 released, version now 1.18.0.91.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.18.0.91.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.18.0.91 (auto-update).
* HACKING: release tweaks.
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3f4f7108
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2025-05-26T10:31:51
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maint: more 1.18 preparations.
* HACKING: it's the distcheck results that get distributed; tags.
* maintainer/maint.mk (git-tag-release, git-upload-release):
show commands that are being run.
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a47d7645
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2025-05-26T10:07:50
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typo
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971aae26
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2025-05-26T09:10:25
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maint: prepare for 1.18 release.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18
(APIVERSION): also 1.18.
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* doc/automake.texi: missing comma in make xref.
* HACKING: tweak release info some more.
* NEWS: likewise.
* INSTALL: missed top-level update from make fetch.
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f1bdc6ee
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2025-04-12T08:47:59
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maint: 1.17.92 pretest released, 1.17.93 for dev.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.17.93.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.93 (auto-update).
* HACKING: mention delay between upload and appearance on server.
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8cd1f563
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2025-04-11T09:55:05
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maint: doc fixes for 1.17.92 pretest.
* NEWS: forgot to update the version.
* HACKING: mention this.
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c0ec787b
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2025-04-11T09:45:53
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maint: doc and maintainer-check in preparation for 1.17.92.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.17.92.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.92 (auto-update).
* HACKING: release wording.
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1608d5e3
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2025-04-09T09:44:43
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doc: wording, --news-file.
* doc/automake.texi: avoid @strong for emphasis; wording.
* HACKING: add --news-file option to sample announce-gen invocation.
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1349c729
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2025-02-25T14:39:11
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maint: doc and maintainer-check in preparation for 1.17.90.
* HACKING: mention thanks to individuals.
* NEWS: update for 1.17.90.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.17.90.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.90 (auto-update).
* maintainer/syntax-checks.mk (sc_tests_command_subst): allow
whitespace before # shell comment line.
(sc_tests_plain_sleep): emphasize using $sleep without a number;
only replace sleep 1 or sleep 2; longer than that would be fine.
* t/tap-stderr-prefix.tap: use $sleep instead of sleep 1.
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621ea898
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2025-02-25T09:42:23
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doc: tiny.
* HACKING: mention tag list.
* doc/automake.texi: wording.
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92f83bdb
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2025-02-04T08:22:26
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test: allow running with fatal warnings given in PERL5OPT.
* HACKING: mention running the test suite with
PERL5OPT=-Mwarnings=FATAL,all in the environment at new Perl (and
Automake releases), to try to keep up with new Perl warnings.
Suggestion from Jacob Bachmeyer,
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-02/msg00001.html
* t/parallel-tests-log-compiler-example.sh: explicitly use warnings
so that this PERL5OPT setting won't be a fatal error.
* NEWS: formatting.
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61075eab
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2025-01-01T14:31:02
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maint: make update-copyright
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3f9888e2
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2024-09-10T15:44:57
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automake: recognize all-numeric MAJ.MIN.MICROa.ALPHA versions better.
* HACKING: more doc on version numbers.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.17.0.91, since we want (I guess)
to retain odd numbers for development and even numbers for pretests.
* m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.0.91 (auto-update).
(AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): likewise.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): recognize
four-part numeric versions as Automake options.
* lib/Automake/Version.pm (split): recognize four-part numeric
versions.
* t/pm/Version.pl (@tests, @bad_versions): update test
to check (not reject) four-part numeric versions.
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5b25b092
|
2024-07-11T22:52:32
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maint: post-release version bump to 1.17.0.90
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.17.0.90.
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: Fix typo in version example.
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cb0c4be3
|
2024-07-10T15:15:04
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maint: prepare for 1.17 release.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.17.
(APIVERSION): also 1.17. (Yikes.)
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: tweak release info some more.
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9719ecd7
|
2024-07-08T15:04:48
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automake: info about Automake and Libtool being in different prefixes.
In response to https://bugs.gnu.org/71847.
* doc/automake.texi (Libtool library used but LIBTOOL is undefined):
new node. Tweak aclocal section.
* lib/Automake/Variable.pm (require_variables): refer to the
new node in the message for LT_INIT.
* maintainer/maint.mk (announcement) <AO>: new fn; use it
to output a link to the new node for test releases only.
* HACKING: mention M-x texinfo-master-menu, et al.
* doc/amhello/README: mention that the package is named amhello.
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9314b5cf
|
2024-07-03T08:33:59
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doc: tweak announce-gen invocation HACKING.
* HACKING: generalize gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen invocation.
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07280092
|
2024-07-01T08:31:40
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doc: tweak release info in HACKING.
* HACKING: mention gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen, etc.
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1d35638b
|
2024-06-07T08:41:45
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maint: spelling and whitespace fixes
Most of these spelling fixes are just to comments and documentation.
However, some affect tests as follows:
* t/cond36.sh (tparse.h): Fix misspelling of dependency.
* t/disthook.sh: Fix misspelling of file.
* t/help3.sh: Fix misspelling of long option.
* t/instdir-ltlib.sh: Fix misspellings of macro names.
This causes the test to fail, so someone with libtool
expertise needs to look into this.
* t/tap-no-spurious-numbers.sh (highno): Fix misspelling of shell var.
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2e3b7da5
|
2024-06-02T10:47:20
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maint: support test releases numbered from .90 for announcements.
* maintainer/maint.mk (beta_version_rx, alpha_version_rx):
update to use MAJOR.MINOR.90, .92, ..., for "beta" (test) releases,
and .91, .93, ... for "alpha" (development). Follows the
2024-01-21 change.
* HACKING: typo en passant.
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788615aa
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2024-05-31T08:55:10
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maint: prepare for next pretest.
* HACKING: typo, tweak release info.
* maintainer/maint.mk: typo.
* maintainer/syntax-checks.mk: typo, and exclude test-defs.sh
(actually .in) from the `...` test because I can't figure out how
to get the same results with $(...).
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23e69f6e
|
2024-05-27T12:34:35
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test: check that subsecond mtime works with make.
Trying to fix https://bugs.gnu.org/68808.
* m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): check
that make works with subsecond mtimes, as well as sleep and ls.
(Known to fail with the make 3.81 that ships with macOS.)
* configure.ac (MTIME_RESOLUTION): notice if it erroneously
expands to the empty string, i.e., fall back to 1 if
$am_cv_filesystem_timestamp_resolution ended up being unset.
* t/ax/test-defs.in (MTIME_RESOLUTION): also fall back to 1
if the variable to not set, with a message.
Fix other typos en passant.
* HACKING: tweak.
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2f120f1b
|
2024-01-30T15:10:21
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doc: mention pyenv.
* HACKING: mention pyenv as a way to test different Python versions.
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5bb9bb42
|
2024-01-24T15:43:24
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doc: typo for Channels.pm, mention files for which we are the master.
* HACKING: mention files for which we are the master.
* lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: typo for Automake::Channels;
mention that we hold the master copy of this.
* lib/Automake/Channels.pm: update/add text for master copy notice.
* lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: likewise.
* lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: likewise.
* lib/Automake/Getopt.pm: likewise.
* lib/Automake/XFile.pm: likewise.
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211dc035
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2024-01-24T15:34:29
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doc: more about pretest numbering.
* HACKING: mention change to numbered pretests.
* configure.ac: and hence am_beta_version_rx won't match any more.
Let's just call all pretests development snapshots.
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b80b5c47
|
2024-01-01T11:29:06
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maint: make update-copyright
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0249be1e
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2023-12-25T15:38:15
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test: force long sleep with explicit cache variable setting.
From https://bugs.gnu.org/67670.
* t/ax/test-defs.in: when MTIME_RESOLUTION is set to 1
because automake/autom4te do not support subsecond-mtime,
also set am_cv_sleep_fractional_seconds=false. Otherwise
the random parallel test failures from given bug and others return.
* m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_SLEEP_FRACTIONAL_SECONDS): reformat.
(_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): elide "the" in AC_CACHE_CHECK.
* t/amassign.sh: end with :.
* HACKING: more on debugging tests.
* NEWS: update.
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f033898f
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2023-12-24T14:56:50
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doc: update location of FETCHFILES variable.
Report and patch: https://bugs.gnu.org/68004.
* HACKING: FETCHFILES has been moved: Makefile.am ->
maintainer/maint.mk.
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80b72e67
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2023-12-18T14:20:55
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maint: announcement text tweaks.
* HACKING: mention DEVEL_SNAPSHOT=1 for us.
* NEWS: tweak text.
* maintainer/maint.mk (announcement): tweak text,
ls -l ./announcement as a clue as to where the result is.
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5c8dce80
|
2023-12-13T10:17:49
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doc: checklinkx tweaks.
* HACKING: mention checklinkx to check for broken links.
* contrib/checklinkx: mention us in version info;
use warnings instead of -w.
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2d91e57b
|
2023-10-30T10:14:51
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doc: user conditional for dependency tracking.
* doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Describe
basing a conditional for dependency tracking on the shell variable
enable_dependency_tracking. Mentioned by Nick Bowler.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-09/msg00004.html
* HACKING: Capitalization.
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7db4d7d1
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2023-06-24T18:31:29
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doc: bring a few examples up to date.
* doc/automake.texi (Built Sources Example): use @kbd for typed
commands; show current output.
(Checking the Distribution): refer to Third-Party Makefiles
for the do-nothing dvi target example.
Other small wording tweaks throughout.
* HACKING: consistently omit $ prompt.
Say a bit more about versions of Autoconf.
Describe actual current status of branches (only master in use).
Give some topic examples.
"rerun" not "re-run".
Other small wording tweaks throughout.
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e5168045
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2023-05-27T17:59:51
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doc: HACKING bug merge; doc/local.mk help2man update hints.
* HACKING: give bug merge example.
* doc/local.mk: how to update help2man manually;
fix checklinkx sleep comment.
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34bdde96
|
2023-01-04T02:00:14
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maint: make update-copyright
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63216e55
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2022-10-06T14:08:55
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doc: typo in HACKING changes.
* HACKING: allow backward compatibilities again.
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96fd38d7
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2022-10-01T09:19:57
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more HACKING tweaks
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7191c6b4
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2022-10-01T09:02:15
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aclocal: protect against Perl undefined warnings.
* bin/aclocal.in (usage): check that envvars (ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR,
ACLOCAL_PATH) are defined before printing values.
* HACKING: describe running scripts from checkout, et al.
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b64df48b
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2022-01-23T14:27:11
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doc: singular/plural agreement, since it's easy.
* HACKING: singular/plural agreement.
* t/README: likewise.
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6c8ff6a8
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2022-01-12T14:15:12
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maint: make update-copyright
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522e0d40
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2021-08-07T17:54:17
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doc: typos from codespell.
* HACKING: typo from codespell.
* doc/local.mk: likewise.
* lib/am/header-vars.am: likewise.
* lib/am/lisp.am: likewise.
* t/cond24.sh: likewise.
* t/cond36.sh: likewise.
* t/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.sh: likewise.
* t/link_override.sh: likewise.
* t/parallel-tests-console-output.sh: likewise.
* t/subobj11a.sh: likewise.
* t/subobj11b.sh: likewise.
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d5ca48a6
|
2021-07-17T12:55:12
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doc: NEWS tweak
* NEWS: Indent consistently.
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bb0cd901
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2021-07-17T18:10:21
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doc: update HACKING.
* HACKING: update for some current realities.
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0c8100cb
|
2021-05-12T18:08:02
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doc: HACKING updates.
* HACKING: some additional tidbits.
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7665b8e2
|
2020-02-29T08:11:23
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doc: gender tweak
* HACKING: s/his/their/
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cf27a3df
|
2020-01-01T11:44:41
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maint: make update-copyright
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5ae02cc8
|
2019-10-14T13:46:55
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maint: make update-copyright
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e8c08f51
|
2018-01-15T16:42:09
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maint: Document how to use Guix for Automake development
* HACKING <Setting the development environment>: New part.
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bbaa4cdc
|
2018-01-04T16:19:30
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maint: Update copyright years to 2018
This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
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2e6c978a
|
2017-11-24T13:28:24
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maint: Update HACKING
* HACKING (Working with git): Remove reference to the 'micro' branch and
adapt branch descriptions to the current branching scheme.
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5f1e0dde
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2017-09-20T12:50:25
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maint: 'master' should be merged into 'next'
* HACKING: Fix instructions merge instructions.
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ced195a8
|
2017-09-06T01:11:50
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maint: Document new Branch names convention
* HACKING: Update to new Branch names.
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c2757b97
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2017-09-19T13:43:07
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maint: Reset master
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3562e384
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2017-09-16T13:03:36
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Prefer https: URLs
In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use
https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading
software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to
Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is
downstream of, which I'll patch separately.
Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to
malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers,
and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other
countries browse US-based websites. See, for example:
Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar
S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI
2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626
HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant
help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should
take some care here.
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199e7a44
|
2017-09-16T13:03:36
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Prefer https: URLs
In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use
https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading
software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to
Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is
downstream of, which I'll patch separately.
Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to
malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers,
and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other
countries browse US-based websites. See, for example:
Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar
S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI
2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626
HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant
help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should
take some care here.
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29408e8b
|
2017-09-15T12:04:19
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maint: Document how to handle assignment exemption
* HACKING: Update.
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386569b2
|
2017-05-18T14:50:03
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|
bootstrap: Rename 'bootstrap.sh' to 'bootstrap'.
Follow Gnulib's convention of using either "bootstrap" or "autogen.sh"
file names for development bootstrap scripts.
* bootstrap.sh: Rename to ...
* bootstrap: ... this.
* GNUmakefile (bootstrap): Adapt.
* HACKING: Likewise.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise.
* doc/automake.texi (Future of aclocal)
(Error required file ltmain.sh not found): Likewise.
* maintainer/maint.mk (autodiffs, update-copyright): Likewise.
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d8add592
|
2017-03-02T18:55:53
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maint: Update copyright years to 2017.
This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
|
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1370ce5f
|
2017-01-01T08:34:49
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|
maint: update copyright dates for 2017
* all files: Run this command, using update-copyright from gnulib:
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_FORCE=1 \
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2 \
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH=79 \
update-copyright $(git ls-files)
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5de75f07
|
2015-01-05T22:48:33
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maint: update copyright years to 2015 (branch 'micro')
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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a78f63c5
|
2014-04-21T15:10:54
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maint: update copyright years
We've been in 2014 already for few months now...
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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055893ba
|
2013-12-24T13:49:44
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HACKING: minor clarification
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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86e45fe1
|
2013-05-23T20:12:17
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Merge branch 'micro' into maint
* micro:
tests: avoid '$MAKE' redirections, use 'run_make' instead
tests: avoid use of redirected 'run_make' invocations
lint: warn against redirected 'run_make' invocations
comments: next GNU make release 4.0, not 3.83
tests: fix a potential spurious failure due to global config.site
HACKING: it's OK to do testsuite refactoring in a micro version
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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d9a3a447
|
2013-05-22T20:13:41
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|
HACKING: it's OK to do testsuite refactoring in a micro version
Reported-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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6aaa128d
|
2013-05-16T13:35:45
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Merge branch 'micro' into maint
* micro:
tests: remove exec bit from all of them ('micro' branch)
maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set
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48fc2d83
|
2013-05-16T12:13:32
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|
maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set
It has been a while since they are runnable only through "make check"
or "./runtest", and not directly.
* HACKING: Adjust.
* t/README: Likewise, and updated the surrounding text to get rid of
obsolete statements and advices.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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52a76013
|
2013-05-15T22:54:15
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|
Merge branch 'micro' into maint
* micro:
post-release: micro version bump (1.13.2a)
release: stable micro release 1.13.2
vala tests: skip in a cross compiler setup
HACKING: miscellaneous fixes, updates and enhancements
NEWS: minor improvements to wording (about new versioning scheme)
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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3a4c7cf9
|
2013-05-15T19:34:41
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|
HACKING: miscellaneous fixes, updates and enhancements
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
|
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5daad702
|
2013-02-20T22:14:55
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Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
coverage: expose automake bug#13760
tests: refactor/enhance tests about make dry-run mode
maint: describe new versioning and branching scheme, and adjust to it
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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97aaf121
|
2013-02-17T10:25:29
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maint: describe new versioning and branching scheme, and adjust to it
See discussion about automake bug#13578 for more details and background.
Basically, for the versioning scheme:
- micro versions only for bug and regression fixing;
- minor versions for new backward-compatible features, and new
non-fatal deprecations;
- major versions for backward-incompatibilities, complex new
features, and major refactoring.
And for the git branching scheme:
+ branch 'next' is for the upcoming major version;
+ branch 'master' is now for the upcoming minor version;
+ branch 'maint' is for the upcoming micro (bug-fixing) version;
+ the merging hierarchy is: 'maint' -> 'master' -> 'next'.
* HACKING (Automake versioning and compatibility scheme): New.
(Working with git): Adjust.
* NEWS: Update and fix.
* aclocal.in: Adjust some "FIXME" messages.
* automake.in: Likewise.
* m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise.
* t/aclocal-acdir.sh: Likewise.
* t/aclocal-macrodir.tap: Likewise.
* t/aclocal-macrodirs.tap: Likewise.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm: Likewise.
* m4/internal/ac-config-macro-dirs.m4: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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57b72c4b
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2013-02-13T19:39:38
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style: call perl functions 'like_this()', not '&like_this()'
We can do so now that our build rules auto-generate a list of
prototypes for all functions ins our scripts.
* automake.in: Adjust throughout.
* HACKING: Adjust advises.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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1ab8fb6d
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2013-01-11T18:57:28
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HACKING: suggest more checks before releasing
In particular, "make check-no-trailing-backslash-in-recipes",
"make check-cc-no-c-o" and "make maintainer-check" should also
be run.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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01685620
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2013-01-10T23:28:45
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HACKING: minor typofix
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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38bb5c65
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2013-01-10T23:27:21
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HACKING: bug-tracker, the PLANS directory, and how to plan "big" changes
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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27fc8979
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2013-01-10T23:16:37
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HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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ca307a40
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2013-01-10T23:10:58
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HACKING: fixlets about git branch rewinding policy
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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801cbef2
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2013-01-10T23:10:02
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HACKING: commit messages are not to follow GCS ChangeLog rules too strongly
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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d7aef9bd
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2013-01-10T23:06:27
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HACKING: "detailed explanation" in commit messages is almost mandatory
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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7138cc5e
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2013-01-10T23:04:06
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HACKING: we use "merge --log" even when merging master
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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ad2e3170
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2013-01-10T23:01:28
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HACKING: typofix
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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7df8b28c
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2012-12-31T18:18:37
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maint: update copyright year for 2013 (in branch maint)
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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f72c2300
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2012-12-15T14:09:10
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HACKING: release process: fixlets about the announcement
* HACKING: The announcement should be generate *before* bumping
the version number to the next alpha number. Also, only an
abridged version of the announcement should be copied on the
Savannah news feed (a link to the complete announcement should
be linked from there, though).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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4c550df0
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2012-12-13T16:03:35
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HACKING: update instructions to update the manuals at www.gnu.org
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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49fb69d8
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2012-12-08T20:11:39
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docs: add rule to generate manuals for www.gnu.org
Less clerical work to do by hand.
* Makefile.am (web-manuals): New rule.
(clean_texinfo_clutter): New macro.
* clean-web-manuals, clean-texinfo-clutter: New cleaning
rules.
(clean-local): Depend on them.
* .gitignore: Update.
* HACKING: Adjust instructions for generation of manuals.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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6e8997d8
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2012-12-08T19:49:33
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docs: copy the 'gendocs.sh' script from Texinfo CVS repository
As well as the 'gendocs_template' file. And enhance the "make fetch"
target to keep them synced. It's better than having to fetch these
files by hand each time a release is to be made.
* Makefile.am (FETCHFILES): List 'gendocs.sh' and 'gendocs_template'.
(fetch): Fetch them, into 'lib/'.
(EXRA_DIST): Distribute them.
* HACKING: Adjust instructions for generation of manuals.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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234a9cad
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2012-12-08T18:45:42
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release: generate a stub for the release announcement
It's much better than having to write it my hand each time; after all,
most of it is either boilerplate or a cope of NEWS entries.
* Makefile.am (determine_release_type): Also set the shell variable
'$announcement_type' appropriately.
(print-release-type): Print the value of this new variable as well.
(announcement): New phony target, generate a files with the same name.
The recipe uses the shell variable '$announcement_type'.
(CLEANFILES): Clean it.
(PACKAGE_MAILINGLIST): New make macro, used when generating the
'announcement' file.
* HACKING: Explain how to take advantage of the new convenience
target.
* .gitignore: Ignore the 'announcement' file.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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d85a97bd
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2012-11-17T19:42:58
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hacking: release procedure: fix order of some steps
* HACKING (Release procedure): The manuals should be rebuilt and
uploaded at at www.gnu.org *before* bumping the version number to
the next alpha release.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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1726b6d5
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2012-08-12T21:30:56
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readme: fixlets to HACKING
* HACKING: Use longer "=====" lines to separate different section (this
is just eye-candy admittedly, but I prefer it).
(Release procedure): Don't tell to "update NEWS"; that should be updated
throughout the normal course of development. Instead, tell to just check
it. Improve description of the re-bootstrapping and rechecking procedure,
also suggesting to use "git clean" beforehand (with all due warnings!).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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a36a8f6e
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2012-05-19T15:11:36
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release: remove overly picky check
* Makefile.am (git-tag-release): Do not check that the version number
NEWS is updated w.r.t. $(VERSION); given the new way we manage NEWS,
that would cause gratuitous spurious failures.
* HACKING: Update.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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f44ae9ea
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2012-04-30T21:17:06
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hacking: copyright notices must be updated before releasing
* HACKING (Release procedure): Suggest to use "make update-copyright".
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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5f810d0d
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2012-04-28T10:21:31
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fixup: avoid unconditional re-bootstrapping on "make dist"
Since our 'bootstrap' script is distributed, the 'distdir' target depends
on it. But in our GNUmakefile, we also have a 'bootstrap' target declared
.PHONY, which when called re-bootstrap the Automake distribution. Thus,
whenever we run "make dist", GNU make sees it must remake the 'bootstrap'
target (as it is a dependency of the 'distdir' target), and thus ends up
re-bootstrapping all the package (because of the .PHONY 'bootstrap' target
in GNUmakefile).
We fix this issue by renaming our bootstrap script to 'bootstrap.sh'.
* bootstrap: Renamed ...
* bootstrap.sh: ... to this.
* GNUmakefile (bootstrap): Adjust.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise.
(autodiffs): Likewise.
* HACKING: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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fdf80a97
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2012-04-18T18:31:24
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hacking: fix typo
* HACKING (Test suite): Refer to file 't/README', not to the
non-existent 'tests/README'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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68be923c
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2012-04-11T20:21:35
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hacking: fixlets w.r.t. the release procedure
* HACKING (Release procedure): Do not state that the result of
"make fetch" is woefully incomplete: this is not true anymore today.
Suggest to re-run the testsuite after a "make fetch", in case any
file has been updated.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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0d0cafcd
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2012-04-02T18:16:38
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hacking: described new branching policy for 1.12 an later
This change closes automake bug#11153.
* HACKING (Working with git): Document the new policy for automake
branching and merging, which will start being applied after 1.12 is
released:
- the maintenance branch will be 'maint', and we will cut the
maintenance releases directly from there;
- the development branch will be 'master', and we will cut the
new releases directly from there;
- 'maint' will be kept regularly merged into 'master'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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24cd4ca1
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2012-04-02T17:41:41
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hacking: autotools-generated files are not committed anymore
* HACKING (Working with git) Generated files like 'configure',
'Makefile.in' and 'aclocal.m4' are not committed anymore in our
git repository since some months. Remove obsoleted advices that
assumed they still were.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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55c8794d
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2012-04-02T17:36:24
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hacking: simplify documentation of bootstrapping process
* HACKING (Working with git): Do not suggest that, to ensure the
bootstrapping process is performed with the latest autotools, the
developer could explicitly pass $AUTOCONF and $AUTOM4TE in the
environment to the ./bootstrap and ./configure invocations: that
is a little tricky and quite fragile. Instead, suggest to just
put modern-enough version of the autotools early in PATH.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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