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This is the 'contrib' directory of the GNU Automake-NG distribution.
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-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-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).
2. The APIs or overall design of the feature are still unstable, and
need on-field testing to iron warts and usability bugs, or uncover
potential flaws.
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-NG core, but cannot remove it altogether,
for the sake of those still-existing usage. So it gets moved in
contrib.
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