From 936160f7619cb7fddbc424bb5cb9a2f997d8e166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:14:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Release Version 2.64. * NEWS: Mention the release. * README: This release is stable. * HACKING (release): Use dist-xz, not dist-lzma. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ HACKING | 12 ++++++------ NEWS | 2 +- README | 3 +-- 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0c2497a2..9011143d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2009-07-26 Eric Blake + Release Version 2.64. + * NEWS: Mention the release. + * README: This release is stable. + * HACKING (release): Use dist-xz, not dist-lzma. + Document some optional features in INSTALL. * doc/install.texi (Basic Installation): Mention that INSTALL is generic, and that not all packages implement all features. diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 9cab4acc..6c0bfa1e 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ As much as possible, make sure to release an Autoconf that uses itself. That's easy: just be in the top level, and run `tests/autoconf'. Or install this autoconf and run `autoreconf -f'. -** LZMA tarball creation -Using the `dist-lzma' option of Automake requires Automake 1.10.1, and -fails for everyone who does not have LZMA installed, so for now +** XZ tarball creation +Using the `dist-xz' option of Automake requires Automake 1.11, and +fails for everyone who does not have xz installed, but for now Autoconf only requires Automake 1.10. However, as maintainer, you -should build an LZMA tarball. By using Automake 1.10.1 or newer, you -can run `make dist-lzma'; run this prior to the release target so that -the release announcement will include the .tar.lzma file. +should build an xz tarball. By using Automake 1.11 or newer, you +can run `make dist-xz'; run this prior to the release target so that +the release announcement will include the .tar.xz file. ** Make the release Run `make {alpha,beta,major}' depending on which type of release this diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8bf819e5..fc5730f2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. -* Major changes in Autoconf 2.64 (2009-??-??) [stable] +* Major changes in Autoconf 2.64 (2009-07-26) [stable] Released by Eric Blake, based on git versions 2.63b.*. ** Autoconf now requires GNU M4 1.4.6 or later. Earlier versions of M4 diff --git a/README b/README index 4b048a9d..2e4124b7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ of the package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL for instructions on compilation and installation. This removes the need to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions. -Be sure to read BUGS (in particular since this is a beta release) and -INSTALL. +Be sure to read BUGS and INSTALL. Mail suggestions to autoconf@gnu.org, report bugs to bug-autoconf@gnu.org, and submit patches to autoconf-patches@gnu.org. -- 2.11.4.GIT