[SIMPLE PATCH] {maint} Fixlets for HACKING.

[Stefano Lattarini]

OK for maint?

Regards,
   Stefano

From 158f31906d728c75d78272a00f352857c81931a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:50:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixlets for HACKING.

* HACKING (Administrivia): Fixed typo `NES' for `NEWS'.
(Naming):  Do not refer to a convention dating back to Feb 2001
as "very new".  Related rewording.
(Working with Git): Now we require autoconf 2.67 for bootstrap,
so use that version in the examples.
---
 ChangeLog |    9 +++++++++
 HACKING   |   14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b64d55..b3f3627 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2010-09-14  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
+
+       Fixlets for HACKING.
+       * HACKING (Administrivia): Fixed typo `NES' for `NEWS'.
+       (Naming):  Do not refer to a convention dating back to Feb 2001
+       as "very new".  Related rewording.
+       (Working with Git): Now we require autoconf 2.67 for bootstrap,
+       so use that version in the examples.
+
 2010-09-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
 
        * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index ecbd0a8..a3e37f0 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@
   Most of them are updated before release with `make fetch'.
 
 * Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS.  Important
-  bug fixes should be mentioned in NES, too.
+  bug fixes should be mentioned in NEWS, too.
 
 ================================================================
 = Naming
 
 * We've adopted the convention that internal AC_SUBSTs should be
-  named with a leading `am__', and internally generated targets should
-  be named with a leading `am--'.  This convention is very new
-  (as of Feb 7 2001) and so it isn't yet universally used.  But all
-  new code should use it.
+  named with a leading `am__', and internally generated targets
+  should be named with a leading `am--'.  This convention, although
+  in place from at least February 2001, isn't yet universally used.
+  But all new code should use it.
 
   We used to use `_am_' as the prefix for an internal AC_SUBST.
   However, it turns out that NEWS-OS 4.2R complains if a Makefile
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
   not installed as "autoconf", pass it explicitly (along with the
   accompanying "autom4te") when calling `bootstrap' and `configure'.
   For example:
-    $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65 ./bootstrap
-    $ ./configure AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65
+    $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.67 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.67 ./bootstrap
+    $ ./configure AUTOCONF=autoconf2.67 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.67
 
 * Dependent files aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in in all
   directories should be up to date in the git repository, so that
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