From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:54:29 +0000 (+0200) Subject: NEWS: document deprecation of 'shar' and 'compress' dist formats X-Git-Tag: v1.13b~13 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d6efe326c1e3a09de1c9c997c6a0b6353ceb1ce0;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git NEWS: document deprecation of 'shar' and 'compress' dist formats Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7b37b0ea0..61a011f06 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ New in 1.14: bin_PROGRAMS += %reldir%/foo %canon_reldir%_foo_SOURCES = %reldir%/bar.c +* Deprecated distribution formats: + + - The 'shar' and 'compress' distribution formats are deprecated, and + scheduled for removal in Automake 2.0. Accordingly, the use of the + 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' will cause warnings at automake runtime + (in the 'obsolete' category), and the recipes for the Automake-generated + targets 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' will unconditionally display + (non-fatal) warnings at make runtime. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.13.3: