Simon Josefsson wrote:
> I think I would prefer just giving up on the NEWS filename and
> just have a NEWS.md file in the git repository, and only have a NEWS.md
> file in the tarball too. But autoconf/automake tooling doesn't like
> this, and I don't know how to resolve that in a backwards compatible
> way. Thoughts?
Automake does not like this, in the 'gnu' strictness, because so far the
GNU Coding Standards want a 'NEWS' file.
Therefore, IMO, the best way to proceed is:
1. Revive the discussion bug-standards that died down on 2025-12-10 due
to a misunderstanding by Richard, maybe with a proposal that is not
easy to misunderstand.
2. Wait until the standards have changed.
3. Request Automake to change its 'gnu' strictness implementation.
Or — in a particular package — drop 'gnu' and replace it with 'foreign'
instead.
Bruno
