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Re: syntax-check warns on parse-datetime.texi
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: syntax-check warns on parse-datetime.texi |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:55:46 +0100 |
Eric Blake wrote:
> On 11/16/2010 03:50 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>>> Is this something we want to fix?
>>
>> I'd feel better about "fixing" this if there were some explanation
>> in comments for *why* avoiding @acronym{...} is a good idea.
>> Karl?
>
> Here's the discussion when the syntax-check was added:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-03/msg00321.html
Thanks. I knew that it had been discussed but
didn't have even a minute to dig it up.
I've pushed this:
>From 5d2098a3ff28107e55c41a699fe7839da93e485b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:55:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maint.mk: add a URL discussing the address@hidden policy
* top/maint.mk (sc_texinfo_acronym): Add a URL in a comment.
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
top/maint.mk | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e6240c..dce80ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-11-17 Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
+
+ maint.mk: add a URL discussing the address@hidden policy
+ * top/maint.mk (sc_texinfo_acronym): Add a URL in a comment.
+
2010-11-15 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
bootstrap: port to Solaris sed
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index bd5431b..315b223 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ sc_GFDL_version:
halt='GFDL vN, N!=3' \
$(_sc_search_regexp)
-# Don't use Texinfo @acronym{} as it is not a good idea.
+# Don't use Texinfo's @acronym{}.
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-03/msg00321.html
texinfo_suffix_re_ ?= \.(txi|texi(nfo)?)$$
sc_texinfo_acronym:
@prohibit='@acronym\{' \
--
1.7.3.2.4.g60aa9