Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11

* maint:
  release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically
  hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only
  hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too
  readme: the documentation is production quality now
  hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list
  hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore
  hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes

diff --cc ChangeLog
index 99b89ff,826a4f7..c274425
--- 1/ChangeLog
--- 2/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@@ -1,24 -1,12 +1,33 @@@
  2011-12-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  
+       release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically
+       * Makefile.am (git-dist): The developers should test extensively
+       before finally creating the release tarball; so don't run "make
+       distcheck" on their behalf here; instead ...
+       * HACKING (Release procedure): ... state here that "make check"
+       and "make distcheck" should be run before calling "make git-dist".
+ 
++2011-12-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
++
 +      maint: post-release version bump
 +      * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.11.1c, as per HACKING
 +      suggestions.
 +
 +2011-12-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 +
 +      Beta version 1.11.1b (will become 1.11.2)
 +      * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.11.1b.
 +      * NEWS: Likewise.
 +      * doc/automake.texi (Release Statistics): Update, as suggested
 +      by "make release-stats".
 +
 +2011-12-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 +
 +      news: fix other blunders
 +      * NEWS: Remove some duplicated entries, and reorder some others,
 +      and rename a subsection.  This blunders are probably due to a
 +      botched merge.
 +
  2011-12-09  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
            Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  

diff --cc HACKING
Simple merge

diff --cc Makefile.in
Simple merge