# HG changeset patch
# User Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
# Date 1313865792 0
# Node ID 6f3df8fc30373d3d2f2f41ea2be71d3cbbdf7191
# Parent  7963daba699d5c26504af2b42ad0efa860cb279c
Remove checks for NEWS.  We're not using this file anymore.  Most people
don't read it.  If there is NEWS that we want to provide to people then
we are better off posting it on the web site (although we might want to
come up with a better "news" section)

diff -r 7963daba699d -r 6f3df8fc3037 Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	Thu Aug 18 08:46:31 2011 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.am	Sat Aug 20 18:43:12 2011 +0000
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@
 # We don't want to release development versions.
 	test x`echo $(PACKAGE_VERSION) | grep dev` = x
 
-# Make sure there is a NEWS entry for this version
-	head NEWS | grep "^$(PACKAGE_VERSION) (`date +%m/%d/%Y`):$$" > /dev/null
-
-# Ensure NEWS has no spaces at the start of a line.
-# Using spaces instead of tabs there is a common mistake.
-	test x`grep "^ " NEWS` = x
-
 # When doing a new minor (or major) release (X.Y.0), there must be a section in
 # ChangeLog.API.
 	echo $(PACKAGE_VERSION) | grep -v "^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.0$$" >/dev/null || head ChangeLog.API | grep "^version $(PACKAGE_VERSION) (`date +%m/%d/%Y`):$$" >/dev/null