Re: [PATCH] NEWS: wording and quoting fixlets in few older entries

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 10/04/2012 09:52 AM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
>
Hi Peter, sorry for the delay.

> [snipped parts that looked good to me]
> 
> On 2012-10-02 16:43, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  NEWS | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index aaa3ad3..d0bc122 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ New in 1.12.1:
>>    - Use of the long-deprecated two- and three-arguments invocation forms
>>      of the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro now elicits a warning in the 'obsolete'
>>      category.  Starting from some future major Automake release (likely
>> -    post-1.13), such usages won't be allowed anymore.
>> +    post-1.13), such usages will be no longer allowed.
> 
> will no longer be allowed
> 
>>  
>>    - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) is
>>      now deprecated (its use triggers a warning in the 'obsolete' category).
>> @@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ New in 1.12.1:
>>  * Miscellaneous changes:
>>  
>>    - The Automake test cases now require a proper POSIX-conforming shell.
>> -    Older non-POSIX Bourne shells (like Solaris 10 /bin/sh) won't be
>> -    accepted anymore.  In most cases, the user shouldn't have to specify
>> +    Older non-POSIX Bourne shells (like Solaris 10 /bin/sh) will be no
>> +    longer accepted.  In most cases, the user shouldn't have to specify
> 
> will no longer be accepted
> 
>>      such POSIX shell explicitly, since it will be looked up at configure
>>      time.  Still, when this lookup fails, or when the user wants to
>>      override its conclusion, the variable 'AM_TEST_RUNNER_SHELL' can be
>> @@ -572,24 +571,24 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.11.3:
>>  * Bugs introduced by 1.11.2:
>>  
>>    - Automake now correctly recognizes the prefix/primary combination
>> -   `pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.
>> +   'pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.
>>  
>> -  - The parallel-tests harness doesn't trip anymore on sed implementations
>> +  - The parallel-tests harness now doesn't trip on sed implementations
> 
> harness no longer trips on
> 
>>      with stricter limits on the length of input lines (problem seen at
>>      least on Solaris 8).
>>  
>
I've fixed all these issues (see patch below).

Thanks,
  Stefano

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Message-Id: <address@hidden>
From: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:54:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: fix wording and grammaros, re-wrap text accordingly

Reported-by: Peter Rosin <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
 NEWS | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0bc122..4b50517 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ New in 1.12.1:
   - Use of the long-deprecated two- and three-arguments invocation forms
     of the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro now elicits a warning in the 'obsolete'
     category.  Starting from some future major Automake release (likely
-    post-1.13), such usages will be no longer allowed.
+    post-1.13), such usages will no longer be allowed.

   - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) is
     now deprecated (its use triggers a warning in the 'obsolete' category).
@@ -196,13 +196,12 @@ New in 1.12.1:
 * Miscellaneous changes:

   - The Automake test cases now require a proper POSIX-conforming shell.
-    Older non-POSIX Bourne shells (like Solaris 10 /bin/sh) will be no
-    longer accepted.  In most cases, the user shouldn't have to specify
-    such POSIX shell explicitly, since it will be looked up at configure
-    time.  Still, when this lookup fails, or when the user wants to
-    override its conclusion, the variable 'AM_TEST_RUNNER_SHELL' can be
-    used (pointing to the shell that will be used to run the Automake
-    test cases).
+    Older non-POSIX Bourne shells (like Solaris 10 /bin/sh) will no longer
+    be accepted.  In most cases, the user shouldn't have to specify such
+    POSIX shell explicitly, since it will be looked up at configure time.
+    Still, when this lookup fails, or when the user wants to override its
+    conclusion, the variable 'AM_TEST_RUNNER_SHELL' can be used (pointing
+    to the shell that will be used to run the Automake test cases).

 Bugs fixed in 1.12.1:

@@ -573,7 +572,7 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.11.3:
   - Automake now correctly recognizes the prefix/primary combination
    'pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.

-  - The parallel-tests harness now doesn't trip on sed implementations
+  - The parallel-tests harness no longer trips on sed implementations
     with stricter limits on the length of input lines (problem seen at
     least on Solaris 8).

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