Re: [PATCH] {master} docs: move chapter on automake history out of main manual

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 02/12/2012 11:38 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> The chapter on Automake history, while certainly interesting and
> even fascinating, does not truly pertain to a reference manual,
> so move it out from there and into its own dedicated file.  This
> change is made more advisable and pressing by the fact that such
> and "Automake history" chapter hasn't been updated since the 1.9.6
> release, so it has been becoming less faithful and useful since
> then.
> 
> I will push this to master in 48 hours if there is no objection.
> The complete patch, which is mostly code movement, is attached as
> an xz-compressed file.
> 
> -*-*-*-
> 
> * doc/history.texi: New, manual on the history of the automake
> package; extracted from ...
> * doc/automake.texi: ... this file, with related adjustments.
> * doc/Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Add 'history.texi'.
> (history_TEXINFOS): New, list included file 'fdl.texi'.
> * Makefile.am (release-stats): Remove as obsolete.
> * HACKING (Release Procedure): Don't advise anymore to run the
> "release-stats" target and to update the manual with its output.
> * NEWS: Update.
> * .gitignore: Likewise.
> ---
> 
>  .gitignore                |   44 +-
>  HACKING                   |    3 -
>  Makefile.am               |   31 --
>  NEWS                      |    3 +
>  doc/Makefile.am           |    3 +-
>  doc/automake-history.texi | 1216 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/automake.texi         | 1166 +------------------------------------------
>  7 files changed, 1251 insertions(+), 1215 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 doc/automake-history.texi
>
Pushed.

Regards,
  Stefano