hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog

Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.

* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
* HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
the ChangeLog.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6255aa0..26e4a2d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
+       hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog
+       Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
+       for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
+       in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.
+       * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
+       * HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
+       the ChangeLog.
+
+2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
        regex: deprecate the obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX
        This is a backport of commit v1.11-433-g37b0aee.
        Today, practically nobody uses the GNU rx library, which, according

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 7043eb1..6da0e59 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 * This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking
   automake.
 
-* Don't put this file into the distribution.  Don't mention it in the
-  ChangeLog.
-
 ================================================================
 = Administrivia
 

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b290925..bb7b322 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AUTOMAKESOURCES = automake.in aclocal.in
 TAGS_FILES = $(AUTOMAKESOURCES)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+  HACKING \
   ChangeLog.96 \
   ChangeLog.98 \
   ChangeLog.00 \