Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 0/3] some docs tweakings

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Akim.

On 05/21/2012 10:08 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Stefano Lattarini
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I will push in a couple of days if there is no objection.
>>
>> Regards,
>>  Stefano
>>
>> Stefano Lattarini (3):
>>  [ng] doc: reference "Automake-NG" rather than "Automake" in few places
>>  [ng] doc: rename automake.texi -> automake-ng.texi
>>  [ng] doc: get rid of automake-history.texi
> 
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> I really regret that you obsoleted this part of the document.
> Actually, there's the whole period with Ralf for instance, that
> needs to be written.
>
I'm certainly not opposed to the idea (albeit I don't see that as an
important endeavor, the size and importance of Ralf's contributions
being absolutely clear from the git history and mailing list archives);
but I think keeping this "historical archive" in the Automake repository
proper is confusing and effort-wasting.

Maybe we could create a parent-less commit in the Automake git repo,
copy the 'automake-history.texi' manual there, and start a branch where
interested people (not me ;-) can extend the "historical manual" without
impacting on the real automake repository.

How does that sound?

> Something about Quagmire would be very useful.
>
> I agree that it might be too soon to write the
> section about automake-ng, but certainly some recent contributions
> to automake deserve to be written down.
>

Regards,
  Stefano