Re: [SIMPLE PATCH] {maint} Make HACKING visible to the end user

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:36:28PM CEST:
> Since I see no reason forcing us to keep the HACKING file "invisible"
> to the end user (not in ChangeLog, not in distributed tarball, ...),
> I've gone ahead and written a very simple patch to mke it "visible".
> OK for maint?

I'm not sure about this.  Several other GNU projects don't put their
hacking guidelines in the tarball (and consequently also not in the
change logs), may that be HACKING, README-hacking or so.  I'm guessing
that it's mostly because describing version control handling doesn't
make sense when you're not inside a checked-out tree.  But I'm not quite
sure if there are other reasons involved.

All else being equal, I'd prefer being similar to other GNU packages.

Cheers,
Ralf

> Subject: [PATCH] Make HACKING visible to the end user.
> 
> * HACKING: It's ok to mention it in the ChangeLog and to put
> in the distribution tarball.
> * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add `HACKING'.