[PATCH 4/7] maint: release no longer creates a diff file

[Eric Blake]

Ever since commit f1cf390 (1.4.14 release), we no longer create
diff files as part of the release process.  These days, it is
assumed that it is easier to download a fresh tarball rather
than to try and use a diff file to patch an older tarball.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
(cherry picked from commit c8a4b7c32db3a6d8d5dc7a9997df2c80ac95b030)
---
 HACKING | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 08a949a..83990e1 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ yyyy-mm-dd  Name of Author  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)

 * Make sure you have rsync installed.

-* Make sure you have a copy of the previous release tarball in the build
-  directory.
-
 * Make sure you have GNU make installed.

 * Make sure you have an up-to-date version of help2man installed.
@@ -317,9 +314,8 @@ yyyy-mm-dd  Name of Author  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
 * Run `make distcheck'.  If there are any problems, fix them, then run
   `git tag -d v<version>' and start again from the `git commit' step.

-* Run `make <target>', with target set to `stable, `alpha', or `beta' as
-  appropriate.  This will run various additional checks and create diff
-  files from the previous version.
+* Run `make <target>', with target set to `stable', `alpha', or `beta'
+  as appropriate.  This will run various additional checks.

 * Run './build-aux/gnupload --to [dest].gnu.org:m4 [files]' to create
   detached gpg signature and clear signed directive files, and upload
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