doc: tweak old NEWS about ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS.

* NEWS: any ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS deprecation will be in a major
release (the hypothetical 2.0), not sooner.
* NEWS-2.0: developers who don't wish to be maintainers are also
welcome and needed.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cb325642f17b70033fd2b4880ac17d5c29008a6a..132a33097f860b73a930d461b344545b49508422 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -870,9 +870,8 @@ New in 1.13:
     include directories.  Formerly, one had to specify it with an explicit
     '-I' option to the 'aclocal' invocation.
 
-  - The special make variable ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS is deprecated; future
-    Automake versions will warn about its use, and later version will
-    remove support for it altogether.
+  - The special make variable ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS may be deprecated in 
+    a future Automake major release.
 
 * The depcomp script:
 

diff --git a/NEWS-2.0 b/NEWS-2.0
index 511e0531e98de4fdeba074dfe8b2eff2cae8ed2f..71deca6259a4916ffc4a56591c51628b53e3581e 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS-2.0
+++ b/NEWS-2.0
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-This file (NEWS-2.0) lists several incompatibilities planned for a
+This file (NEWS-2.0) lists several incompatibilities that may happen in a
 future Automake 2.0 release.
 
 However, the (few) current Automake maintainers have insufficient interest
 and energy to pursue the 2.0 release.  We have not even reviewed all
-existing bugs.  New maintainers are needed!  For more information about
-helping with Automake development:
+existing bugs.  New maintainers and developers are needed!  For more
+information about helping with Automake development:
 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2021-03/msg00018.html
 
-Therefore, there is no ETA for Automake 2.0, but it is not likely to be
+Therefore, there is no ETA for Automake 2.0, and it is not likely to be
 any time soon.  So moving these future issues to a separate file seemed
 warranted.  For more info, see the ./PLANS/ directory.