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-*- outline -*-or
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This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking Autoconf.
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Don't put this file into the distribution. Don't mention it in the
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ChangeLog.
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* Administrivia
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** If you incorporate a change from somebody on the net:
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First, if it is a large change, you must make sure they have signed
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the appropriate paperwork. Second, be sure to add their name and
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email address to THANKS.
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** Test fixes
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If a change fixes a test, mention the test in the ChangeLog entry.
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To this end, the Autotest-mode is handy.
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** Bug reports
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If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the ChangeLog entry
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and in the test case you write. Put him into THANKS.
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The correct response to most actual bugs is to write a new test case
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which demonstrates the bug. Then fix the bug, re-run the test suite,
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and check everything in.
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** Visible changes
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Which include serious bug fixes, must be mentioned in NEWS.
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** Portability issues
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Discoveries in portability matters should be written down in the
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documentation (what fails, why it fails, *where* it fails, and what's
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to be written instead?).
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* Test suite
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** make check
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Use liberally.
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** Release checks
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Try to run the test suite with more severe conditions before a
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release:
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- Run `make maintainer-check'
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This is quite long. It basically runs the test suite using a C++
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compiler instead of a C compiler, and within a severe environment
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(POSIXLY_CORRECT).
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- Try some real world packages
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Good example is the coreutils package.
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* Release Procedure
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** Tests
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See above.
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** Update the foreign files
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Running `make update' in the top level should make it all for you.
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** Update configure
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As much as possible, to try an Autoconf that uses itself. That's
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easy: just be in the top level, and run tests/autoconf. Or install
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this autoconf and autoreconf -f.
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** Update NEWS
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The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
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betas).
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** Update ChangeLog
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Should have an entry similar to `Version 2.53b.'.
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Check all this in once `make distcheck' passes.
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** make alpha
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Running `make alpha' is absolutely perfect for beta releases: it makes
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the tarballs, the xdeltas, and prepares (in /tmp/) a proto
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announcement. It is so neat, that that's what I use anyway for
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genuine releases, but adjusting things by hand (e.g., the urls in the
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announcement file, the ChangeLog which is not needed etc.).
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If it fails, you're on your own...
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It requires GNU Make.
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** Upload
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Put the tarballs/xdeltas where they should be. Or put it somewhere,
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and send the URL to ftp-upload@gnu.org.
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** Bump the version number
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In configure.ac. Run `make', check this in.
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** Announce
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Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to
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info@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
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autotools-announce@gnu.org (even for ``non serious beta''),
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autoconf@gnu.org, automake@gnu.org, libtool@gnu.org, and
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bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org.
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-----
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Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
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GNU Autoconf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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GNU Autoconf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Autoconf; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
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MA 02111-1307, USA.
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