On 10/29/2014 07:36 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK) wrote: >>> If autotools did this automatically, the barrier for using GNU style in >>> the autotools with a version tracking system would be much smaller: Just >>> write README and NEWS. >> >> autoconf can't do this automatically, but gnulib can. > > Why *can’t* autoconf or automake do this automatically? Autoconf has never required NEWS, AUTHORS, or ChangeLog - that has always been automake's domain. So asking on this list is not the best place. It may be worth asking automake if they are willing to automate some of the steps that coreutils and other projects are currently getting via gnulib. On the other hand, since gnulib already does a good job of it, why should any other project duplicate the efforts? -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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