The common way to distribute information, nowadays, is through the web,
not by including files in tarballs of packages. Also, the current
contents of ABOUT-NLS is outdated.
Reported by Samuel Thibault in <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54809>.
* gettext-runtime/ABOUT-NLS: Replace text with a reference to the online
documentation.
* gettext-runtime/Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Remove variable.
(all-local, ABOUT-NLS): Remove rules.
* gettext-tools/src/msginit.c (main): Point the user to the online documentation
instead of the ABOUT-NLS file.
* gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi (Installing Localizations, Prerequisites,
Makefile): Don't mention ABOUT-NLS any more.
* gettext-tools/doc/gettextize.texi: Update description of ABOUT-NLS.
* gettext-tools/doc/FAQ.html: Refer to the online documentation instead of the
ABOUT-NLS file.
* README: Don't mention ABOUT-NLS any more.
* autogen.sh: Recurse into libtextstyle directory.
* configure.ac: Likewise.
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add libtextstyle.
* DEPENDENCIES: Mention that libiconv and ncurses are also used by libtextstyle.
* PACKAGING: Recommend to ship libtextstyle as a third binary package.
* NEWS: Mention that libtextstyle is installed.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Remove dist-xz and dist-lzip options.
* Admin/release-steps: Mention how to create the tarballs with higher
compression after "make dist".
* Admin/release-steps: Split document into two sections ('Making a
snapshot release' and 'Making an official release'), reorder some steps,
and remove mention of manual generation of PO/POT files.
Generate ChangeLog files at "make dist" time, using
gitlog-to-changelog. We still keep ChangeLog files under "po" and
"intl" directories, since those files are copied as part of gettext
infrastructure and it is still meaningful to have them there.
* .gitignore: Add ChangeLog files.
* Admin/release-steps: Remove mention of running update-changelog
script.
* Admin/update-changelog: Remove.
* Makefile.am (gen-ChangeLog): New rule.
* autogen.sh: Copy gitlog-to-changelog from gnulib. Create empty
ChangeLog files to suppress Automake errors.
* gettext-tools/doc/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ChangeLog.0.
* gettext-tools/man/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ChangeLog.0.
* gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ChangeLog.0.
* gettext-tools/tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ChangeLog.0.
* gnulib-local/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ChangeLog files.
* */ChangeLog: Rename to ChangeLog.0 or ChangeLog.1.
* HACKING: Add brief guideline to submit patches.
* gettext-tools/configure.ac (ARCHIVE_VERSION): New substituted
variable.
* gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in (archive_version): New variable, set
to ARCHIVE_VERSION. Use it as the argument of AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION.
* gettext-tools/tests/init-env.in (ARCHIVE_VERSION): New substituted
variable.
* gettext-tools/tests/autopoint-2: Use ARCHIVE_VERSION, instead of the
hard-coded version string.
* gettext-tools/tests/autopoint-3: Likewise.
Reported by Max Lin in:
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2015-07/msg00024.html>.
* gettextize.in: Replace AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION invocation with
"$gettext_version" rather than "$version". This makes it easier
to maintain a minor release without being affected by the actual
version number generated by git-version-gen.
(gettext_version): New variable.
Bruno Haible