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diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index a4d7eeb8d..0202fc77c 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -This is the 'contrib' directory of the GNU Automake distribution. +This is the 'contrib' directory of the GNU Automake-NG distribution. -Here you'll find additions to the Automake base distribution, in form of -makefile fragments, m4 macros, scripts, documentation, et cetera. Such +Here you'll find additions to the Automake-NG base distribution, in form +of makefile fragments, m4 macros, scripts, documentation, et cetera. Such addition that might be useful for a significant percentage of its general audience, but (for one reason or another) are not deemed appropriate for -inclusion into the Automake core. +inclusion into the Automake-NG core. There are several reasons for which a feature can be kept in contrib: 1. The long-term usefulness of the feature is debatable and uncertain; - on-field and real-word testing are necessary to prove or disprove - its usefulness, before the feature can be committed into the Automake + on-field and real-word testing are necessary to prove or disprove its + usefulness, before the feature can be committed into the Automake-NG core (as doing so too early would later force us to continue the support for backward-compatibility, even if the features proves flawed or fails to attract widespread use). @@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ There are several reasons for which a feature can be kept in contrib: 3. The feature was an historical one, mostly obsoleted but still used "here and there" in the wild; so we want to to deprecate it and - remove it from the Automake core, but cannot remove it altogether, + remove it from the Automake-NG core, but cannot remove it altogether, for the sake of those still-existing usage. So it gets moved in contrib. |