pidgin: 65f0e216: Remove checks for NEWS. We're not using...

[markdoliner at pidgin.im]

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Revision: 65f0e21660895ebae2e934a8d04088a1c57899a6
Parent:   93051ef2d941be32785c5fbb788ae3b0a0935b4d
Author:   markdoliner at pidgin.im
Date:     08/20/11 14:43:12
Branch:   im.pidgin.pidgin
URL: http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/65f0e21660895ebae2e934a8d04088a1c57899a6

Changelog: 

Remove checks for NEWS.  We're not using this file anymore.  Most people
don't read it.  If there is NEWS that we want to provide to people then
we are better off posting it on the web site (although we might want to
come up with a better "news" section)

Changes against parent 93051ef2d941be32785c5fbb788ae3b0a0935b4d

  patched  Makefile.am

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--- Makefile.am	d4f1dd704f38546665cae3b23ed867f9c3b10f11
+++ Makefile.am	8aa4636bb5ba663c31f0beb42d2bfb377f5a1303
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ version-check: commit-check
 # We don't want to release development versions.
 	test x`echo $(PACKAGE_VERSION) | grep dev` = x
 
-# Make sure there is a NEWS entry for this version
-	head NEWS | grep "^$(PACKAGE_VERSION) (`date +%m/%d/%Y`):$$" > /dev/null
-
-# Ensure NEWS has no spaces at the start of a line.
-# Using spaces instead of tabs there is a common mistake.
-	test x`grep "^ " NEWS` = x
-
 # When doing a new minor (or major) release (X.Y.0), there must be a section in
 # ChangeLog.API.
 	echo $(PACKAGE_VERSION) | grep -v "^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.0$$" >/dev/null || head ChangeLog.API | grep "^version $(PACKAGE_VERSION) (`date +%m/%d/%Y`):$$" >/dev/null