[Automake-commit] [SCM] GNU Automake branch, maint, updated. v1.11-656-ge29c491

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Summary of changes:
 tests/nodepcomp.test => contrib/Makefile.am |   26 +++++++++-----------------
 contrib/README                              |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 copy tests/nodepcomp.test => contrib/Makefile.am (74%)
 mode change 100755 => 100644
 create mode 100644 contrib/README

diff --git a/tests/nodepcomp.test b/contrib/Makefile.am
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 74%
copy from tests/nodepcomp.test
copy to contrib/Makefile.am
index 735c363..b491923
--- a/tests/nodepcomp.test
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
+## Process this file with automake to create Makefile.in
+
+## Makefile for Automake contrib.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 # any later version.
-#
+
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
+
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# Test to make sure depcomp isn't always required.
-
-. ./defs || Exit 1
-
-set -e
-
-rm -f depcomp
-
-: > Makefile.am
-
-$ACLOCAL
-$AUTOMAKE
+EXTRA_DIST = README
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbef72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/README
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+This is the 'contrib' directory of the GNU Automake distribution.
+
+Here you'll find additions to the Automake base distribution, in form of
+makefile fragments, m4 macros, scripts, documentation, et cetera.  Such
+addition that might be useful for a significant percentage of its general
+audience, but (for one reason or another) are not deemed appropriate for
+inclusion into the Automake core.
+
+There are several reasons for which a feature can be kept in contrib:
+
+  1. The long-term usefulness of the feature is debatable and uncertain;
+     on-field and real-word testing are necessary to prove or disprove
+     its usefulness, before the feature can be committed into the Automake
+     core (as doing so too early would later force us to continue the
+     support for backward-compatibility, even if the features proves
+     flawed or fails to attract widespread use).
+  
+  2. The APIs or overall design of the feature are still unstable, and
+     need on-field testing to iron warts and usability bugs, or uncover
+     potential flaws.
+
+  3. The feature was an historical one, mostly obsoleted but still used
+     "here and there" in the wild; so we want to to deprecate it and
+     remove it from the Automake core, but cannot remove it altogether,
+     for the sake of those still-existing usage.  So it gets moved in
+     contrib.
+


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