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diff --git a/PLANS/texi/warnings-for-automake-ng-compatibility.txt b/PLANS/texi/warnings-for-automake-ng-compatibility.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aca46b4a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/PLANS/texi/warnings-for-automake-ng-compatibility.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Done in automake 1.13.2: +------------------------ + +I have discouraged the use of '.txi' and '.texinfo' suffixes for +Texinfo inputs (see commit 'v1.13.1-6-ge1ed314') and the generation +of suffix-less info files (commit 'v1.13.1-4-g2af418d'). + +This is done to ease transition to Automake-NG (see commits +'v1.12.1-416-gd5459b9' and 'v1.12.1-392-ga0c7b6a' there), and +(to a lesser degree) to discourage use of seldom-tested setups. + + +The Future: +----------- + +I have no plans to do the further step of removing support for those +usages in future Automake versions. That would be a gratuitous +incompatibility (in Automake-NG, they have been useful because have +allowed further refactorings and improvements, but those were +based on GNU make features, and as such have no place in mainline +Automake). |