From 9beb4eceaead1e5b11d99d2162aa11220dea9923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 07:27:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added README-alpha --- Makefile.in | 8 ++++---- README-alpha | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README-alpha diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in index 3af4f40e1..f8b700ecc 100644 --- a/Makefile.in +++ b/Makefile.in @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ TEXINFOS = automake.texi DATA = $(pkgdata_DATA) DIST_COMMON = README AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.am \ -Makefile.in NEWS README THANKS TODO aclocal.in aclocal.m4 ansi2knr.1 \ -ansi2knr.c automake.in config.guess config.sub configure configure.in \ -elisp-comp install-sh interlock mdate-sh mkinstalldirs stamp-vti \ -texinfo.tex version.texi ylwrap +Makefile.in NEWS README README-alpha THANKS TODO aclocal.in aclocal.m4 \ +ansi2knr.1 ansi2knr.c automake.in config.guess config.sub configure \ +configure.in elisp-comp install-sh interlock mdate-sh mkinstalldirs \ +stamp-vti texinfo.tex version.texi ylwrap PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@ diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha new file mode 100644 index 000000000..424f0a3f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-alpha @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +This is a test release of this package. +Please do not send reports about this release to any +GNU mailing list or newsgroup. + +A few notes on this particular release: + +* If upgrading from a previous test release, you must remove all the + old installed m4 files; their names have changed to fit into the 14 + char limit. These files are ordinarily in $(prefix)/share/aclocal. + +* The `missing' program is still not in use, pending + +* The `acinstall' program is distributed but not used; I still must + write the internal support for it. This is the program that will be + used to install macro files for aclocal. + +* The documentation needs more work. For instance the macros that + come with aclocal are not fully documented. + +* Right now the generated Makefiles will print the commands used for + (eg) installing, no matter how ugly. These commands give no + feedback as they do their work. It has been suggested that these + command be made invisible (using "@"), and also print something as + they work (eg "installing foo as /a/b/foo"). I'd appreciate + feedback on this idea, especially if you have particular reasons for + preferring one over the other. + +Please send comments and problem reports about this test release to +tromey@cygnus.com -- ignore the bug reporting addresses given by the +programs and in the documentation. -- 2.47.2