Hello Daniel,
* Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 01:54:12AM CET:
> In the documentation for AM_MAINTAINER_MODE [0], it states:
>
> > People use AM_MAINTAINER_MODE either because they do want their users
> > (or themselves) annoyed by timestamps lossage (see CVS), or because they
> > simply can't stand the rebuild rules and prefer running maintainer tools
> > explicitly.
>
> However, from my (limited) understanding, it seems like maintainer-mode
> would *avoid* CVS-generated timestamp annoyances for these files.
Yes.
> So shouldn't the text read "...because they do *not* want their users
> (or themselves) annoyed..."?
Thanks for spotting this. I'm applying this fix, both branches, and
putting you in THANKS.
Cheers,
Ralf
* doc/automake.texi (maintainer-mode): Fix logic in
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE description.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Daniel Kahn Gillmor.
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index effa23b..0dfa9c7 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -10026,7 +10026,7 @@ The user can override the default setting by passing
either
@samp{--enable-maintainer-mode} or @samp{--disable-maintainer-mode}
to @command{configure}.
-People use @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} either because they do want their
+People use @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} either because they do not want their
users (or themselves) annoyed by timestamps lossage (@pxref{CVS}), or
because they simply can't stand the rebuild rules and prefer running
maintainer tools explicitly.
