# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <address@hidden>
# Date 1508515918 14400
#      Fri Oct 20 12:11:58 2017 -0400
# Node ID 96de175d12509d371bdf17390617d3e401b51dee
# Parent  c4dac7a0da7e1e957a47df126d829059968b6ef7
use markdown for README and etc/HACKING files

* README.md: Rename from README.
* etc/HACKING.md: Rename from etc/HACKING.

* Makefile.am (README): New dummy rule.
(EXTRA_DIST): Update list.

* configure.ac: Delete "foreign" from list of automake options.

* bootstrap.conf: Check for README.md, not README.

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
   COPYING \
   INSTALL \
   NEWS \
-  README \
+  README.md \
   run-octave.in \
   $(BUILT_DISTFILES)
 
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ nonexistent-file:
 	$(AM_V_at)rm -f bits/stl_algo.h
 .PHONY: nonexistent-file
 
+## We have README.md, not README.  This dummy rule prevents automake
+## from complaining that we are not following the GNU coding standards.
+## We don't generate README from README.md since it is probably more
+## confusing to have both than to just have README.md.
+
+README: README.md
+
 .gdbinit: etc/gdbinit
 	@$(gdbinit_install_rule)
 
diff --git a/README b/README.md
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bootstrap_post_import_hook ()
   ## with building the rest of Octave, and INSTALL, which is linked from
   ## gnulib/doc/INSTALL by the bootstrap script.
 
-  for f in NEWS README COPYING CITATION; do
+  for f in NEWS README.md COPYING CITATION; do
     if ! test -f $f; then
       echo "required file $f is missing" 2>&1
       exit 1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.in.h]
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.14 foreign -Wno-portability -Wno-override tar-ustar subdir-objects dist-lzip dist-xz])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.14 -Wno-portability -Wno-override tar-ustar subdir-objects dist-lzip dist-xz])
 
 ## Add the option to enable silent rules and make silent rules the
 ## default behavior.  Available since Automake 1.11 and included by
diff --git a/etc/HACKING b/etc/HACKING.md
rename from etc/HACKING
rename to etc/HACKING.md
--- a/etc/HACKING
+++ b/etc/HACKING.md
@@ -342,12 +342,6 @@ An overview of the directory layout of O
     fntests.m        script to run function tests embedded in C++ and
                      .m files
 
-----
-John W. Eaton
address@hidden
-
-Last updated: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:29:19 EST
-
 
 ################################################################################