NEWS: document deprecation of 'shar' and 'compress' dist formats

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7b37b0e..61a011f 100644 (file)
--- 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: