Re: [PATCH 1/7] hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes

2011-12-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Stefano Lattarini skrev 2011-12-05 23:00: > On Monday 05 December 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: >> There is now no longer any mention of the case where a change fixes a >> test, but where there is no open bug to mention. Was that intended? >> >> Also, the asterisk went missing. >> > I think you are misr

Re: bug#10157: broken links at http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/

2011-12-05 Thread Adam Spiers
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Sunday 04 December 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Hi Adam, thanks for the report. >> >> On Monday 28 November 2011, Adam Spiers wrote: >> > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ has several broken links, all >> > pointing to sources.

Re: [PATCH 4/7] readme: bug reports should be sent to bug-automake

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Monday 05 December 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > Stefano Lattarini skrev 2011-12-05 20:21: > > * README-alpha: bug reports and comments about alpha/beta releases > > should be sent to bug-autom...@gnu.org, not to autom...@gnu.org. > > --- > > README-alpha |4 ++-- > > 1 files

Re: [PATCH 1/7] hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Monday 05 December 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: > Hi! > Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated. > This caught my eye... > > [SNIP] > > >appropriate paperwork. > >Second, be sure to add their name and email address to THANKS > > > > * If a change fixes a test, mention the

Re: [PATCH 4/7] readme: bug reports should be sent to bug-automake

2011-12-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini skrev 2011-12-05 20:21: > * README-alpha: bug reports and comments about alpha/beta releases > should be sent to bug-autom...@gnu.org, not to autom...@gnu.org. > --- > README-alpha |4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/READ

Re: [PATCH 1/7] hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes

2011-12-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi! This caught my eye... Stefano Lattarini skrev 2011-12-05 20:21: > * HACKING (Administrivia): If a commit fixes a bug registered at GNU > debbugs, its bug number be reported in the ChangeLog entry. Re-order > the entries to give more visibility to the advice on how to verify > that a commit r

Re: bug#10157: broken links at http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Sunday 04 December 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Adam, thanks for the report. > > On Monday 28 November 2011, Adam Spiers wrote: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ has several broken links, all > > pointing to sources.redhat.com. > > > > It seems that related issues were flagged b

[PATCH 7/7] hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Release procedure): On-line documentation at www.gnu.org should be updated for stable releases only. --- HACKING |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 7b07b83..b6f214f 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ * D

[PATCH 6/7] hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Release procedure): Explicitly state that the described procedure is valid for alpha/beta versions as well. --- HACKING |4 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 43906da..7b07b83 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -186,6 +186,

[PATCH 5/7] readme: the documentation is production quality now

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* README-alpha: The documentation is now quite mature, no need to decry it. --- README-alpha |3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 146f787..ce2a3c3 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ This is a test re

[PATCH 4/7] readme: bug reports should be sent to bug-automake

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* README-alpha: bug reports and comments about alpha/beta releases should be sent to bug-autom...@gnu.org, not to autom...@gnu.org. --- README-alpha |4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 193a6dd..146f787 100644 --- a/README-al

[PATCH 3/7] hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Release procedure): Announces for alpha and beta releases should be sent to the `platform-test...@gnu.org' mailing list. Some related rewording. --- HACKING |9 ++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index f4bd3b4..43906da 100644

[PATCH 2/7] hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Release procedure): Don't explain how to upload the web pages at sources.redhat.com; we don't use that anymore. --- HACKING | 11 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index c01445f..f4bd3b4 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@

[PATCH 1/7] hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Administrivia): If a commit fixes a bug registered at GNU debbugs, its bug number be reported in the ChangeLog entry. Re-order the entries to give more visibility to the advice on how to verify that a commit really fixes a bug. (Working with git): Improve advice about which pre-existing

[PATCH 0/7] Miscellaneous improvements for HACKING and description of release procedure

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
No code change here, only small updates to HACKING and README-alpha files, especially for what concerns the description of the release procedure for automake. I will push to maint in a couple of day if there is no objection. Stefano Lattarini (7): hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes hacking: w