Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: new rule to update copyright year ranges

2011-01-04 Thread Karl Berry
In other words Right. Thanks for reading my screed :). +0.1 Basic Installation Oops, thanks for noticing. It's a temporary bug in the development makeinfo that I've been using. I'll regenerate to fix it, no need to change anything in gnulib. k

Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: new rule to update copyright year ranges

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/02/2011 04:58 PM, Karl Berry wrote: >> BTW, is there some reason why install.texi makes the nonstandard >> formatting setting: >> @firstparagraphindent insert >> Personally, I think it would be better to take the default, just because >> it's the default, though I can't say I'm too worked up

Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: new rule to update copyright year ranges

2011-01-02 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Karl, * Karl Berry wrote on Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 12:58:23AM CET: > > And, does anyone mind if I remove the @acronym commands from > > install.texi, per our too-long prior discussion? > > FWIW, I don't mind, but please do it in upstream Autoconf. > > I don't currently have write pe

Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: new rule to update copyright year ranges

2011-01-02 Thread Karl Berry
It was added explicitly in Autoconf v2.62-95-g02fa53b for better plaintext rendering, see: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2008-08/msg00132.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2008-08/msg00239.html Well, sigh. "better" here is an aesthetic opinion,

Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: new rule to update copyright year ranges

2011-01-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ adding bug-autoconf, as install.texi is from Autoconf ] Hi Karl, and a happy new year everyone! * Karl Berry wrote on Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:17:21AM CET: > Thanks. Those are probably worth excluding manually. > Let's hear what Karl has to say. > > Excluding INSTALL* and install.texi