Re: [PATCH] texi: info files can be generated in the builddir

2013-01-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
And here is the patch deprecating the CLEANFILES hack. This too is for maint, and scheduled to appear in Automake 1.13.2. I will push it with together with the patch introducing the new 'info-in-builddir' option, tomorrow. Regards, Stefano 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

[PATCH] tests: reorganize tests on backslash issues

2013-01-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* t/backsl.sh, t/backsl2.sh, t/backsl3.sh: Merge ... * t/backslash-issues.sh: ... into this test. * t/backsl4.sh: Rename ... * t/backslash-before-trailing-whitespace.sh: ... like this. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com --- t/backsl.sh

[FYI] Merge branch 'maint' into master

2013-01-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
commit 97d770d69c3522beab5aec18d135d84b3b5eb449 Merge: db64467 fe05207 Author: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com Date: Wed Jan 2 14:45:42 2013 +0100 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: reorganize tests on backslash issues style: add trailing ':' to some test

[IMPORTANT] Should I stop flooding the list with patches?

2013-01-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello automakers. In a private mail recently, it has been pointed out to me that the amount of patches posted on the automake-list make it difficult to spot the user-relevant and/or possibly controversial patches among the huge crowd of typofixes, trivial changes, minor refactorings, or testsuite

Re: [IMPORTANT] Should I stop flooding the list with patches?

2013-01-02 Thread Jack Kelly
Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: So I ask: do you think it would be worthwhile to curb the quantity of patches posted here, by posting only the patches judged worth of general interest? Or, if that sounds overly harsh, what should I/we do to ensure important changes have

[FYI] {maint} maint: add some of my maintainer-specific scripts

2013-01-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
They are likely not general enough for widespread use, but they are useful nonetheless. In the best-case scenario, they will start to be used by other people, and thus accordingly improved and made more general and flexible. In the worst case scenario, well, I still get to keep them in a