Merge branch 'maint' into python-work
* maint:
docs: avoid a footnote, some related rewordings and improvements
Revert "docs: parallel-tests is not experimental anymore"
docs: minor cosmetic fixes
help: improve text about automatically-distributed files
refactor: split 'usage' subroutine in automake
tests: fix bug in 'autodist.test'
maintcheck: extend 'sc_tests_plain_*' checks
maintcheck: avoid few spurious failures
check: don't use multi-line coloring for the report
ansi2knr: deprecate, it will go away in the next major release
docs: primary/prefix combination "pkglib_PROGRAMS" is now invalid
docs: replace obsolete @vindex entry with a useful one
docs: AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is for corner cases
parallel-tests: stricter checks on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS support
docs: parallel-tests is not experimental anymore
check: document and test $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) overriding