NG-NEWS: prefer "no longer" over "not anymore"; plus few minor fixlets

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/NG-NEWS b/NG-NEWS
index 69d22e44b..b4fbc55c8 100644
--- a/NG-NEWS
+++ b/NG-NEWS
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Compilation and Object Files
 Serial testsuite harness (obsolescent)
 ======================================
 
-* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are not anymore rewritten for
+* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are no longer rewritten for
   $(EXEEXT) appending.  The use of compiled programs in $(TESTS) and
   $(XFAIL_TESTS) still works as before though, even on systems where
   $(EXEEXT) is non-empty.
@@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ Serial testsuite harness (obsolescent)
 Parallel testsuite harness
 ==========================
 
-* Automake does not automatically generate the definition of 'LOG_COMPILE'
-  variables anymore.  These have always been meant for internal use only
-  anyway.
+* Automake no longer automatically generate the definition of 'LOG_COMPILE'
+  variables.  These have always been meant for internal use only anyway.
 
-* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are not anymore rewritten for
+* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are no longer rewritten for
   $(EXEEXT) appending.  The use of compiled programs in $(TESTS) still
   works as before though, even on systems where $(EXEEXT) is non-empty,
   thanks to a careful use of pattern rules.
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
 * Errors about invalid content of $(TEST_EXTENSIONS) are reported at
   make runtime, not auto Automake runtime.
 
-* It is not anymore possible to override TEST_LOGS at make runtime as a
+* It is no longer possible to override TEST_LOGS at make runtime as a
   mean to redefine the list of tests to be run.
 
     # This won't work anymore!
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
     # "foo.test", "bar.test$(EXEEXT)" and "baz$(EXEEXT)".
     make check TESTS="foo bar baz"
 
-* The use of 'RECHECK_LOGS' is not supported anymore.  Thus, to lazily
+* The use of 'RECHECK_LOGS' is no longer supported.  Thus, to lazily
   re-run only the tests whose '.trs' or '.log' files are out-of-date,
   one must now use:
 
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
 Distribution
 ============
 
-* "Bare" wildcards are not usable anymore in $(EXTRA_DIST):
+* "Bare" wildcards are no longer usable in $(EXTRA_DIST):
 
      EXTRA_DIST = $(srcdir)/doc/*.txt  # This won't work anymore.
 
@@ -265,11 +264,11 @@ Distribution
 Obsolete Features Removed
 =========================
 
-* Extension-less info files are not supported anymore.
+* Extension-less info files are no longer supported.
 
-* The only accepted suffix for input Texinfo files is now '.texi';
-  the once-accepted values '.txi' and '.texinfo' are not handled
-  anymore, and their use will trigger an error.
+* The only accepted suffix for input Texinfo files is now '.texi'; the
+  once-accepted values '.txi' and '.texinfo' are no longer handled, and
+  their use will trigger an error.
 
 * If the sources for a target library like 'libfoo.a' or 'libbar.la' are
   not explicitly specified, mainline Automake looks also (respectively)
@@ -285,9 +284,9 @@ Obsolete Features Removed
   as recommended in the Autoconf manual (as of Autoconf 2.69, chapter
   "Obsolete Constructs", section "acconfig.h").
 
-* The 'mkinstalldirs' script is not installed, distributed, nor provided
-  anymore; its same effects can be obtained by "install-sh -d" instead.
-  Similarly, the $(mkinstallscripts) make variable is not defined anymore;
+* The 'mkinstalldirs' script is no longer installed, distributed, nor
+  provided; its same effects can be obtained by "install-sh -d" instead.
+  Similarly, the $(mkinstallscripts) make variable is no longer defined;
   one should use $(MKDIR_P) instead.
 
 * The Automake-defined internal make variable '$(ACLOCAL_M4)' has been
@@ -365,9 +364,9 @@ Source Files with Unknown Extensions
   (compilation rules, requirement for AC_PROG_CXX in configure.ac, etc),
   and use the C++ linker to link the 'foo' executable.
 
-  But Autommake-NG *won't follow those implicit chains of pattern rules*
-  anymore; so that the idiom above will have to be re-worked like follows
-  to preserve its intent and behaviour:
+  But Automake-NG will *no longer follow those implicit chains* of
+  pattern rules; so that the idiom above will have to be re-worked
+  like follows to preserve its intent and behaviour:
 
        %.cc: %.zoo:
                $(preprocess) $< > $@
@@ -378,9 +377,9 @@ Source Files with Unknown Extensions
        nodist_foo_SOURCES = bar.cc
        EXTRA_DIST = foo.zoo
 
-  And there is another major consequence of this change of semantics: one
-  can't use anymore "header files" with extensions unrecognized to Automake
-  anymore; for example, an usage like this will cause errors at make
+  And there is another major consequence of this change of semantics: now
+  one can no longer use "header files" with extensions unrecognized to
+  Automake; for example, an usage like this will cause errors at make
   runtime:
 
       # Won't work anymore.
@@ -424,8 +423,8 @@ Miscellaneous
   has been renamed to AM_DEFAULT_INCLUDES, to avoid impinging on the user's
   namespace.  Do not override this variable in your Makefiles!
 
-* The Automake-generated clean targets do not exit successfully anymore if
-  an error occurs while removing a file or directory.
+* The Automake-generated clean targets no longer exit successfully if an
+  error occurs while removing a file or directory.
 
 * The semantic of $(BUILT_SOURCES) support has been slightly altered; now,
   the files listed in $(BUILT_SOURCES) will be built not only before the