hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog

Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.

* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
* HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
the ChangeLog.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6255aa06f..26e4a2dee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
+	hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog
+	Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult,
+	for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested
+	in the Automake development process, or to send us patches.
+	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING.
+	* HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in
+	the ChangeLog.
+
+2011-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
 	regex: deprecate the obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX
 	This is a backport of commit v1.11-433-g37b0aee.
 	Today, practically nobody uses the GNU rx library, which, according
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 7043eb1b6..6da0e5941 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 * This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking
   automake.
 
-* Don't put this file into the distribution.  Don't mention it in the
-  ChangeLog.
-
 ================================================================
 = Administrivia
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b29092510..bb7b322e1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AUTOMAKESOURCES = automake.in aclocal.in
 TAGS_FILES = $(AUTOMAKESOURCES)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+  HACKING \
   ChangeLog.96 \
   ChangeLog.98 \
   ChangeLog.00 \