2008-06-10  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Option Table) <--file>: -f is --file in sed, too.
	<--reference>: touch -r is this, not --file.
	Use @code{make} for consistency with other program names.
	bug-standards mail from Iain Calder, 01 Jun 2008 05:23:10.

2008-05-05  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Source Language): mention GTK+ bindings in Guile.

2008-04-25  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Standard Targets): ok to support other free
	compression formats.

	* maintain.texi (Free Software and Open Source): update url to
	http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.

2008-04-08  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
	and Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (General Conventions for Makefiles): more notes
	on portability.

2008-03-30  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

	* standards.texi: Fix links to config and gnulib repos, add some
	`@/' to url's.

2008-03-21  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Notices): missing "of".

2008-03-14  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Papers): discuss disclaim.translation
	and the Translation Project.

2008-02-24  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Automated Upload Registration): avoid double "also".

2008-02-23  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Configuration): support the options to set the
	directory variables, such as --prefix and --exec-prefix.

2008-02-14  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Utilities in Makefiles): Don't imply that gzip
	is the only compression program that can be used in make dist.

2008-02-11  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Papers): Distinguish personal disclaimers
	from employer's disclaimers.

2008-01-30  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices for Documentation): new
	Back-Cover Text.

2008-01-19  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Hosting): subversions.gnu.org is now
	savannah.gnu.org; recommend using ftp.gnu.org a little more strongly.
	(Announcements): recommend using info-gnu more strongly.

2008-01-17  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (GNU Free Documentation License): new node; change
	license of document, after discussion with rms, Eben, and Brett.

2008-01-05  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Automated Upload Registration): first create an
	account at savannah.  (Requested by sysadmin.)

2007-12-30  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* (License Notices): move mention of licensing@gnu.org to a more
	general place.
	(License Notices for Documentation),
	(Free Software and Open Source): consistently put punctuation
	outside quotes (except when it's part of the quote).
	(GNU and Linux): Typo.

2007-12-30  Tim Retout  <diocles@gnu.org>

        * maintain.texi (Legally Significant Changes): use
        gender-neutral pronouns.

2007-11-29  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Command Variables): allow (but do not require)
	installing multiple files at once.  Request from Akim Demaille.

2007-11-24  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Legal Matters): remove trailing whitespace.

2007-11-14  Ward Vandewege  <ward@gnu.org>

	* doc/maintain.texi (FTP Upload Directive File - v1.1):
	Add example how to archive a directory.

2007-11-04  Sergey Poznyakoff  <gray@gnu.org.ua>

	* maintain.texi (Web Pages): Mention the --texi2html option
	to gendocs.sh.

2007-10-10  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi,
	* standards.texi: Fix a few typos.

2007-10-08  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Web Pages): GNU package web sites should run on
	free software exclusively.
	(Ethical and Philosophical Consideration): Modernize
	the passage about patents.

	* standards.texi: Clarify the issues of references to non-free
	programs and documentation.

2007-10-06  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Stepping Down),
	(Canonical License Sources),
	(Old Versions): Mention Git, and generalize mentions of source control.
	Idea from: Benoit Sigoure, bug-gnulib mail 4 Oct 2007 18:47:44.

2007-09-25  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Automated Upload Procedure): Incomplete uploaded
	files now deleted after 24 hours; info from Ward Vandewege,
	25 Sep 2007 15:20:53.

2007-09-23  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (System Portability): Abbreviating Windows to
	"un" seems like a typo.  Reported by John Darrington, 
	23 Sep 2007 03:32:24.

2007-09-20  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): Wrong @menu punctuation for Texinfo.

2007-09-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (References): Missing word "to".

2007-09-05  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Utilities in Makefiles): Add awk to allowed
	utilities list.  Requested by Ralf Wildenhues.

2007-08-18  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (DESTDIR): Must be an absolute file name.
	Requested by Ralf Wildenhues.

2007-07-25  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices for Code): More punctuation fixes
	from Eric Blake.

2007-07-24  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices for Code): Sync wording with
	gpl-3.0.texi.  Reported by Eric Blake.

2007-07-22  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (all @menus): Consistently capitalize and punctuate.

	* standards.texi (GNU Free Documentation License): Make @appendix,
	replacing "Copying This Manual".  Reported by Paul Eggert.
	* fdl.texi: Update to new version (without @node).

2007-07-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): Split up into new nodes:
	  Canonical License Sources,
	  License Notices for Code,
	  License Notices for Documentation,
	  License Notices for Other Files.
	Also, update for GPLv3.
	Also, clarify that the Cover Texts are only required for large
	manuals and/or those that FSF publishes on paper.	

2007-07-07  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices, Proofreading): use ``...'''
	instead of "...".  Double space where appropriate.

2007-06-27  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (--version): use / for exceptions, make version
	number location clearer.

2007-06-26  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (--version, --help): new nodes, split from
	Command-Line Interfaces.  Include table of license abbreviations
	and new recommended --version output.

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): new Back-Cover Text.

2007-05-23  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copying from Other Packages): mention writing
	license statements when they were omitted by the original authors.

2007-03-08  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Preface): We don't have or update
	/gd/gnuorg/maintain.tar.gz any more, and it seems
	unnecessary to reinstate it.  Reported by Thomas Schwinge,
	ticket 330574.

2007-01-22  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (References): Er, "free software", not "freely
	available".

2007-01-21  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (References): Update Java reference, add mplayer
	issues.  Correct a -- to ---.

	* maintain.texi (Ethical and Philosophical Consideration): GIF
	patents have expired, so just mention the general principle.	

2006-12-05  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Web Pages): GIF patents expired, tweak wording.
	Consistently use a single space after @node and @section.

2006-11-15  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi: core -> memory, throughout.
	(CPU Portability): show correct example of calling write
	on a char value; thanks to Paul Eggert for the code.
	Both of these suggestions from Eugene Y. Vasserman.

2006-10-18  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Automated Upload Procedure): texinfo typo.

2006-10-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Recording Contributors): typo.

2006-04-23  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Recording Contributors): Explain updating AUTHORS
		from change log.
	(Copying from Other Packages): New node.
	
2006-08-19  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
	and Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

	* make-stds.texi (menu): Adjust to changed node order.
	(DESTDIR): This variable is not specified to the configure
	script.

	* standards.texi (Configuration): Document that configure
	should accept arguments of the form `VARIABLE=VALUE' and why
	this is preferable to environment variables.

2006-08-14  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>

	* make-stds.texi, standards.texi: Update FDL version number from
	1.1 to 1.2.

2006-07-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi: attempt to clarify that [install-]
	html/ps/pdf/dvi targets should exist, but might not do anything.
	Suggestions from Eric Blake and Bruno Haible.

2006-07-09  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

	* maintain.texi, make-stds.texi, standards.texi: Fix some typos.

2006-05-24  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

	* standards.texi (Internationalization): Change the example with
	plurals to use the ngettext function, and move it to the end. Add
	a new example showing the need for entire sentences.

2006-05-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (DESTDIR): new node, moving text.
	(Directory variables): mention that not all variables might be
	implemented.

2006-04-23  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (GNU Manuals): Document that we reject the
	Unix convention of writing `()' after function names.
	Say put basic topics first.  Clarify.

2006-04-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Formatting Your Source Code): mislabeled
	traditional C example as Standard C.  From Paul E.
	
	* standards.texi: use @/ in url's to avoid some overfull lines.

2006-04-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

	* make-stds.texi: Bump copyright year.
	(Command Variables, Directory Variables): Fix spelling
	`filesystem' -> `file system'.

2006-03-22  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): the FDL is 1.2 now, not 1.1.
	Also remove trailing whitespace.
	From Paul Eggert.

2006-03-10  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): there is no (b), should be (a).
	From Paul Eggert.
	(Legal Matters): the copyright request forms are now in gnulib as well.

2006-02-13  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Command-Line Interfaces): link to Copyright
	Notices in maintain.texi; suggestion from Eli.

2006-02-08  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Non-GNU Standards): new section.

2006-01-09  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Releases): mention
	http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html.  Suggested by 
	Alfred Szmidt.

2006-01-01  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Notices): keep gnulib files as they
	are; more explanatory description (from Bruno) about the new rule.

2005-12-25  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Formatting): column one, not zero, per elsewhere
	in the doc.  From Kyle <mackyle@gmail.com>, 15 Dec 2005 15:50:04 -0800.
	(Quote Characters): ASCII apparently considered ` an actual
	left quote, and it got messed up later.

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Notices): update all files at once;
	copyright notices may be split over several lines.

2005-12-06  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Copyright Notices): new, simpler rules,
	from rms and lawyers.

2005-10-07  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>

	* standards.texi (CPU Portability): Don't mention just IA-64, as
	the same problem occurs on AMD64 and EM64T as well.  Just say
	"64-bit programs on Microsoft Windows" so that we needn't track
	Microsoft's releases so closely.

2005-08-18  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Character set): new section, preferring ASCII.
	(Quote characters): new section, preferring `...' (despite
	standards) in the C locale.

	* standards.texi (Configuration): New url for config.guess and
	config.sub.

	* standards.texi (Comments): Mention that the program comment
	should be in the file with the "main" function of the program.

2005-06-01  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi: various typos and corrections reported by
	Ming Kin Lai, 24 May 2005 00:38:00 -0700.

2005-02-13  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Directory Variables): clarify descriptions for
	libexecdir, datarootdir, and datadir.  Thanks to Alexandre and
	Alfred Szmidt.

2005-01-27  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>

	* make-stds.texi: spurious @c in copyright statement.

2005-01-04  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (License Notices): Allow all-permissive license
	for third-party Autoconf macros.

2005-01-04  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* maintain.texi (Legal Matters): timing info.

2005-01-01  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Install Command Categories): Correct the
	pre-install.awk example.  `make -s' needed, typos in awk script.

2004-12-30  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* standards.texi (CPU Portability): update for modern machines,
	especially varargs example.

2004-12-06  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@src.lip6.fr>

	* make-stds.texi (Standard Targets): let clean targets
	remove anything that's normally installed.

2004-12-03  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* make-stds.texi (Command Line Interfaces): --machine is used in
	uname.  Reported to gnu@gnu.org.

2004-11-29  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>

	* standards.texi (Man Pages): use all-permissive license.
	(Source Language): typo - language not languge.

	* make-stds.texi (Directory Variables) <docdir, htmldir, dvidir,
		pdfdir, psdir>: new variables.
	{datadir}: spelling error in description.
	(Standard Targets) <install-html, install-dvi, install-pdf,
		install-ps>: new targets.
	Thanks to Alexandre Duret-Lutz, Akim Demaille, and Bruno Haible
	for extensive comments on this text.

	* maintain.texi (Automated Upload Procedure): get msg on
		successful upload, too.
	(Copyright Papers): typo - missing verb.


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