1 2008-01-31 Kahlil Hodgson <kal@grebo.cs.rmit.edu.au>
3 * stow.texi: Austin Wood and Chris Hoobin clean this up for version 2.
5 * texi2man: new script by Austin and Chris to generate a man page from the
9 Sun Nov 25 19:31:32 2007 Kahlil Hodgson <kahlil@internode.con.net>
12 * AUTHORS: added Kahlil Hodgson as a new author and current maintainer.
14 * stow.in: major rewrite to produce version 2.0.1 see NEWS for details
16 * t/: added test suite and support code
18 * configure.in: renamed to configure.ac as per autotools recommendation.
21 Use AC_INT rather than obsolete AM_INTI_MAKEFILE usage.
22 Remove redundant VERSION and PACKAGE setttings
23 Remove redundant AC_ARG_PROGRAM
24 Use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror]) because we are pedantic.
25 Add AC_PREREQ([2.6.1])
27 * Makefile.am, configure.ac:
28 Use explicit rewrite in Makefile.am, rather than AC_CONFIG_FILES(stow.in),
29 as per autotools recommendation.
32 Add TESTS and TEST_ENVIRONMENT for files in t/
33 Use dist_man_MANS instead of EXTRA_DIST for man page
35 * INSTALL: update to reflect autotools modernization.
37 * NEWS: update to describe cahnges in Version 2.0.1.
39 * README: update to point to the right websites and email addresses.
42 Add Emil Mikulc who's ideas largely inspired Version 2 and
43 and Geoffrey Giesemann who did some initial testing and found some
46 * TODO: remove tasks that where implemented in Version 2
48 * stow.texi: update documentation to reflect Version 2 changes.
50 * stow.8: update to reflect Version 2 changes.
53 Sun Jan 06 12:18:50 2002 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
55 * Makefile.am: use EXTRA_DIST to include manpage in distribution
57 Wed Jan 02 21:33:41 2002 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
59 * stow.in: Stow now only warns the user if a subdirectory
60 is unreadable during unstowing.
62 Wed Jan 02 20:58:05 2002 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
64 * stow.in: fixed JoinPaths so that subdirs called "0" are
65 correctly pushed. Thanks a lot to Gergely Nagy
66 <algernon@bonehunter.rulez.org> who patiently helped me to chase
69 Sun Dec 30 21:58:25 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
71 * stow.in: fixed a bug introduced by previous changes when
72 Target argument was relative. (thanks to Luca Filipozzi
73 <lfilipoz@debian.org> for pointing this out)
75 Sun Dec 30 18:23:25 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
77 * stow.in: now requires Perl 5. Use POSIX getcwd instead of broken
78 fastcwd. Fixed bug when CommonParent is /. Stow does not remove
79 initially empty directories anymore.
81 Sun Dec 30 18:07:51 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
83 * configure.in: automake fixes (fp_ -> AC, +AC_INIT_AUTOMAKE)
85 Fri Oct 11 22:09:45 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
87 * stow.html, configure.in: Version 1.3.2.
89 * README, stow.texi: Correct the URL again.
91 Fri Oct 11 18:20:42 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
93 * configure.in: Version 1.3.1.
95 * stow.html: Update Stow manual URL. Mention version 1.3.1.
97 * README: Update Stow URL.
99 * Makefile.am: stow-manual.html -> manual.html.
102 Add a reference to the Stow home page on the GNU web server. Change
103 several occurrences of "which" to "that" for grammatical superiority.
105 Wed Oct 9 00:34:07 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
108 Add maintainer-only rules for stow-manual.html and stow-manual.texi.
110 Wed Oct 9 00:32:31 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
112 * README: Refer to the new location for the Stow home page.
114 * stow.html: Make it right for the GNU web server.
116 Tue Oct 8 21:54:09 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
118 * stow.texi: Document --restow
120 * stow.in: Add --restow (-R) option
122 * configure.in: Add "perl4" to search for Perl binary.
123 Bump version number to 1.3.
125 Mon Jun 24 23:23:03 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
127 * stow.texi: Delete trailing whitespace.
129 Fri Jun 21 19:44:26 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
132 Don't explicitly mention version.texi. Automake now does it
133 automagically, by noticing the `@include version.texi' in
137 Use @include instead of @input. This is more Texinfoid, plus
138 allows Automake to automatically deduce the need for
142 Elide trailing slashes from package names, then complain if
143 package names have slashes in them.
145 Tue Jun 18 23:19:04 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
147 * README: Call it "Gnu Stow".
149 Tue Jun 18 22:15:45 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
152 Bump version number to 1.2.
154 Look for Perl under the names `perl' and `perl5'. If not found,
158 Add a section about bootstrapping. Add text about hacking Gnu
162 Describe what happens when Perl isn't found during `configure'.
164 Mon Jun 17 19:43:25 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
166 * THANKS: Thank Fritz.
168 Fri Jun 14 19:18:50 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
170 * AUTHORS: Credit John Bazik and Gord Matzigkeit.
172 * stow.texi: Remove a "known bug" -- the pwd dependency is gone.
175 Use fastcwd, from fastcwd.pl (which is GPL'd), to remove
176 dependency on an external pwd binary. Suggested by Gord
179 * stow.in: Add a missing comma.
181 Thu Jun 13 21:52:10 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
184 Change three occurrences of `my' to `local' for Perl 4
187 Thu Jun 13 18:07:37 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
189 * configure.in: Bump version number to 1.1.
192 Add `stow' to the list of clean targets. Don't redirect output
193 directly into a make target.
196 Use <bobg+stow@zanshin.com> as the contact address.
201 Refer to "Gnu Stow" in a few places. Use <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>
202 as the contact address. Handle long and short options. Handle
203 `version' and `help' options. Refer to "packages," not
204 "collections," for consistency with the manual.
207 Refer to "Gnu Stow" in a few places. Use <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>
208 as the contact address. Add sections on Reporting bugs and Known
209 bugs. Create a master menu. Minor rewording. Remove the period
212 * TODO, THANKS: New files.
214 Mon Jun 10 14:44:13 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
216 * NEWS: Create NEWS file for release. 1.0 now ready.
218 * stow.texi: Big revisions in preparation for release.
220 Sun Jun 9 15:47:19 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@zoger.ipost.com>
222 * stow.in: Enhance argument parsing, losing Perl 4 support in the
224 (later) Perl 4 support restored.
226 Fri Jun 7 12:13:33 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg@hiro.zanshin.com>
228 * Created stow, formerly "depot."