Bug 24432 - Makefile.am: ChangeLog is not required in EXTRA_DIST
Summary: Makefile.am: ChangeLog is not required in EXTRA_DIST
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Build/Modular (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: low enhancement
Assignee: Gaetan Nadon
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Keywords: janitor
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Reported: 2009-10-09 18:07 UTC by Gaetan Nadon
Modified: 2009-12-01 18:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Gaetan Nadon 2009-10-09 18:07:59 UTC 
This is a follow-up to bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24278. It's important that the generated ChangeLog file has no easy way of being removed as it cannot be regenerated from within a tarball as git is not available. Just like files README or NEWS.

For example, 
EXTRA_DIST += ChangeLog
or
CLEANFILES = ChangeLog
or
MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = ChangeLog

There are over 200 components in that situation.
Comment 1 Gaetan Nadon 2009-10-28 18:03:26 UTC 
Patches have been created locally (not released yet) to correct all modules in that situation.
Comment 2 Gaetan Nadon 2009-12-01 18:19:06 UTC 
ChangeLog removed from EXTRA_DIST but reviewers preferred having it on MAINTAINERCLEANFILES. All pacthes applied.

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