changeset 31823:6f3df8fc3037

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)
author Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
date Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:43:12 +0000
parents 7963daba699d
children ade9644db2fe 8c6254c23e32
files Makefile.am
diffstat 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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