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[FYI] {master} news: update w.r.t. change in quoting format


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: [FYI] {master} news: update w.r.t. change in quoting format
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:03:32 +0100

* NEWS (New in 1.11.1a): State that we prefer to quote 'like this'
or "like this" rather than `like this', as according to the new GCS
recommendations.
---
 NEWS |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53a2f46..b5b184e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ New in 1.11a:
 
 * Miscellaneous changes:
 
+  - Automake now prefers to quote 'like this' or "like this", rather
+    than `like this', in diagnostic message and generated Makefiles,
+    to accommodate the new GNU Coding Standards recommendations.
+
   - Automake has a new option '--print-libdir' that prints the path of the
     directory containing the Automake-provided scripts and data files.
 
-- 
1.7.9




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