Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

2011-10-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: ... >>> -* Run ./configure && make maintainer-clean >> >> Why do you want to remove the "make maintainer-clean"? >> I saw no justification, so maybe it's an accident. > > Hmm... half and half. Here's the relevant bit of ChangeLog: > > + Don't try to run ./configure right

Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

2011-10-21 Thread Gary V . Vaughan
Hi Jim, On 21 Oct 2011, at 15:17, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> I made these changes in gnulib-local/top/README-release while making >> a start at leveraging the gnulib release machinery into GNU Libtool, >> but they seem generally applicable too. > > Thanks for the suggestions.

Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

2011-10-21 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
On 21 Oct 2011, at 16:11, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Gary, Hi Bruno, Thanks for the feedback. >> Set a neutral locale for rolling the release tarballs. > > I disagree with this advice. Yes, the first time you run a "make distcheck" > in a German locale, 'makeinfo' may put German strings into your

Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

2011-10-21 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Gary, > Set a neutral locale for rolling the release tarballs. I disagree with this advice. Yes, the first time you run a "make distcheck" in a German locale, 'makeinfo' may put German strings into your formatted documentation. But "make distcheck" ought to work for any user as well as for you

Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

2011-10-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > I made these changes in gnulib-local/top/README-release while making > a start at leveraging the gnulib release machinery into GNU Libtool, > but they seem generally applicable too. Thanks for the suggestions. However, it's not quite ready. > Okay to push? I'm glad you a