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-This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
-and maintaining Emacs.  These files are not part of Emacs releases
-because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
-what you do when using them.
-
-Brief description of scripts found here:
-
-admin.el               utilities for setting version numbers and alike
-alloc-color.c          a utility program that allocates a given number of
-                       colors on X.  Can be used to debug Emacs with
-                       dense colormaps (PseudoColor).
-build-configs          build Emacs in various configurations
-check-doc-strings      check doc strings against documentation
-cus-test.el            tests for custom types and load problems
-diff-tar-files         show files added/removed between two tar files
-make-emacs             build Emacs in various ways
-quick-install-emacs    install emacs quickly (`incrementally')
-revdiff                        get CVS diffs of files
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+
+                        The admin directory
+
+This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
+and maintaining Emacs.  These files are not part of Emacs releases
+because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
+what you do when using them.
+
+
+* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release.
+
+** FOR-RELEASE
+
+Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release.
+
+** make-tarball.txt
+
+Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc.
+
+** admin.el
+
+Utilities for setting version numbers and alike.
+
+** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff
+
+Scripts used to prepare release announcements.
+
+
+* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs.
+
+** build-configs
+
+Build Emacs in various configurations.
+
+** make-emacs
+
+Build Emacs in various ways.
+
+** quick-install-emacs
+
+Install emacs quickly (`incrementally').
+
+** alloc-color.c
+
+A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X.  Can
+be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor).
+
+** check-doc-strings
+
+Check doc strings against documentation.
+
+** cus-test.el
+
+Tests for custom types and load problems.
+
+** diff-tar-files
+
+Show files added/removed between two tar files.
+
+** revdiff
+
+Get CVS diffs of files.
+
+
+\f
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[         \f]*$"
+end:
+
+# arch-tag: 812b9461-bc0a-46a7-925e-24bd41118463