hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog

Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.

* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
* HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
the ChangeLog.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6255aa06fded00c085d5c2205cc8a81db7f019c9..26e4a2deeaae665f64d9df9195b0fafb5bcfb31f 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+       hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog
+       Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
+       for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
+       in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.
+       * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
+       * HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
+       the ChangeLog.
+
 2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
        regex: deprecate the obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 7043eb1b6f0f6db28552380fee1f65789e92ad87..6da0e59417720f7b19d88963586794f9ba68a47b 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 * This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking
   automake.
 
-* Don't put this file into the distribution.  Don't mention it in the
-  ChangeLog.
-
 ================================================================
 = Administrivia
 

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b29092510c079682585d9c77ad6627892a84b7ef..bb7b322e14639cecc9f7a2556b179189df1e785c 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AUTOMAKESOURCES = automake.in aclocal.in
 TAGS_FILES = $(AUTOMAKESOURCES)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+  HACKING \
   ChangeLog.96 \
   ChangeLog.98 \
   ChangeLog.00 \