X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fstandards.texi;h=38d2c21f645e998d64cfd1efdcdc2f4125408622;hb=2726ca8984e8d2d8edf288b4d1d7007bfca0d82e;hp=08efa001565ac4266eef2c818f244100f94c5df3;hpb=8068b5d283630a295b2929b9dc6a65916b10f52f;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/standards.texi b/doc/standards.texi index 08efa0015..38d2c21f6 100644 --- a/doc/standards.texi +++ b/doc/standards.texi @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @setfilename standards.info @settitle GNU Coding Standards @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate May 10, 2011 +@set lastupdate August 1, 2011 @c %**end of header @dircategory GNU organization @@ -4024,11 +4024,13 @@ copying conditions. The GNU GPL, if used, should be in a file called @file{COPYING}. If the GNU LGPL is used, it should be in a file called @file{COPYING.LESSER}. -Naturally, all the source files must be in the distribution. It is okay -to include non-source files in the distribution, provided they are -up-to-date and machine-independent, so that building the distribution -normally will never modify them. We commonly include non-source files -produced by Bison, @code{lex}, @TeX{}, and @code{makeinfo}; this helps avoid +Naturally, all the source files must be in the distribution. It is +okay to include non-source files in the distribution along with the +source files they are generated from, provided they are up-to-date +with the source they are made from, and machine-independent, so that +normal building of the distribution will never modify them. We +commonly include non-source files produced by Autoconf, Automake, +Bison, @code{lex}, @TeX{}, and @code{makeinfo}; this helps avoid unnecessary dependencies between our distributions, so that users can install whichever packages they want to install.