Alfred M. Szmidt [2025-12-08 14:09 -0500] wrote: > The GNU Coding Standards prohibits very little. > > Even today, a different, ASCII friendly, format is fully allowed.
When I say 'allow' I mean not only as an abstract spec, but also in its implementation. Automake rejected NEWS.md until four years ago, and continues to reject other file extensions. Gnulib only gained support for cutting releases that use NEWS.md in the last month. -- Basil
