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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2010-08-06 11:47:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2010-08-06 21:00:29 +0200 |
| commit | 669e5cd07d5a65ecfb3b9f726eb131671cbb1d44 (patch) | |
| tree | b96e4f423a908df50d628d2a928424bafd28d1ff /HACKING | |
| parent | e34409158f6e6166911d7759869cc669f4054ec4 (diff) | |
| download | automake-669e5cd07d5a65ecfb3b9f726eb131671cbb1d44.tar.gz | |
Fixlets and minor improvements for HACKING.
* HACKING: Add some missing fullstops in sentences. Remove
some extra empty lines, for consistency.
(Test suite): Add pointer to `tests/README'.
(Admistrivia): Tell to mention important bug fixes in NEWS.
Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ * Don't put this file into the distribution. Don't mention it in the ChangeLog. - ================================================================ = Administrivia @@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ texinfo.tex (bug-texinfo@gnu.org), Most of them are updated before release with `make fetch'. -* Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS - +* Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS. Important + bug fixes should be mentioned in NES, too. ================================================================ = Naming @@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ * Use `##' comments liberally. Comment anything even remotely unusual. -* Never use basename or dirname. Instead use sed +* Never use basename or dirname. Instead use sed. * Do not use `cd' within back-quotes, use `$(am__cd)' instead. Otherwise the directory name may be printed, depending on CDPATH. @@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ "important" command it runs. The printed commands should be preceded by a single space. - ================================================================ = Editing automake.in and aclocal.in @@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ * Perl 5 is now OK. - ================================================================ = Working with git @@ -164,13 +161,15 @@ ================================================================ = Test suite -* Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally +* Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally. -* Make sure each test file is executable +* Make sure each test file is executable. * Use `keep_testdirs=yes' to keep test directories for successful tests also. +* See file `tests/README' for more information. + ================================================================ = Release procedure |