On 02/14/2012 09:46 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 02/12/2012 11:38 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> The chapter on Automake history, while certainly interesting and >> even fascinating, does not truly pertain to a reference manual, >> so move it out from there and into its own dedicated file. This >> change is made more advisable and pressing by the fact that such >> and "Automake history" chapter hasn't been updated since the 1.9.6 >> release, so it has been becoming less faithful and useful since >> then. > > Pushed. > And now I've uploaded this new "manual" to the Automake web pages:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/history> And updated the home page accordingly: Index: automake.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/automake/automake/automake.html,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.18 automake.html --- automake.html 7 Dec 2011 17:13:58 -0000 1.18 +++ automake.html 14 Feb 2012 21:20:51 -0000 @@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ <em>info automake</em> at the shell prompt. </p> +<p> +In case you are interested or merely curious, a brief +<a href="/software/automake/history/automake-history.html"><!-- +-->history of Automake</a> (up to roughly 2007) is available on our site; +again, <a href="/software/automake/history/index.html">more formats</a> +are offered for download or on-line reading. +</p> + <h3><a href="#TOCmailinglists" name="mailinglists">Mailing Lists</a></h3> <p> Regards, Stefano
