Retire ChangeLog in favor of Git commit log; merge with README.changes;

add TODO file.

* ChangeLog: add note; append the contents of doc/README.changes.
* doc/README.changes: remove.
* Makefile.direct (DOC_FILES): Remove doc/README.changes.
* doc/doc.am (dist_pkgdata_DATA): Ditto.
* doc/README.contributors: Replace doc/README.changes with ChangeLog.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add TODO.
* Makefile.direct (DOC_FILES): Ditto.
* Makefile.dj (OTHER_FILES): Ditto.
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

Makefile.am

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ dist_noinst_SCRIPTS = callprocs configure.host
 
 # documentation which is not installed
 #
-EXTRA_DIST += README.QUICK
+EXTRA_DIST += README.QUICK TODO
 
 # other makefiles
 # :GOTCHA: deliberately we do not include 'Makefile'

Makefile.direct

@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ SRCS= $(CSRCS) mips_sgi_mach_dep.s rs6000_mach_dep.s alpha_mach_dep.S \
     include/private/darwin_stop_world.h include/private/thread_local_alloc.h \
     $(CORD_SRCS)
 
-DOC_FILES= README.QUICK doc/README.Mac doc/README.MacOSX doc/README.OS2 \
+DOC_FILES= README.QUICK TODO doc/README.Mac doc/README.MacOSX doc/README.OS2 \
 	doc/README.amiga doc/README.cords doc/debugging.html \
 	doc/porting.html doc/overview.html \
 	doc/README.dj doc/README.hp doc/README.linux doc/README.rs6000 \
 	doc/README.sgi doc/README.solaris2 doc/README.uts \
 	doc/README.win32 doc/barrett_diagram doc/README \
-        doc/README.contributors doc/README.changes doc/gc.man \
+        doc/README.contributors doc/gc.man \
 	doc/README.environment doc/tree.html doc/gcdescr.html \
 	doc/README.autoconf doc/README.macros doc/README.ews4800 \
 	doc/README.DGUX386 doc/README.arm.cross doc/leak.html \

Makefile.dj

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ SRCS= $(CSRCS) mips_sgi_mach_dep.S rs6000_mach_dep.s alpha_mach_dep.S \
 OTHER_FILES= Makefile PCR-Makefile OS2_MAKEFILE NT_MAKEFILE BCC_MAKEFILE \
            README tests/test.c test_cpp.cc extra/setjmp_t.c SMakefile.amiga \
            SCoptions.amiga README.amiga README.win32 cord/README \
-	   README.rs6000 README.QUICK callprocs pc_excludes \
+	   README.rs6000 README.QUICK TODO callprocs pc_excludes \
            barrett_diagram README.OS2 README.Mac MacProjects.sit.hqx \
            extra/MacOS.c EMX_MAKEFILE README.debugging \
            Mac_files/datastart.c Mac_files/dataend.c \

Makefile.in

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 
 # The libatomic_ops library.  This is not ideal, since we pick up junk from
 # there.
-EXTRA_DIST = gc_cpp.cpp README.QUICK BCC_MAKEFILE NT_MAKEFILE \
+EXTRA_DIST = gc_cpp.cpp README.QUICK TODO BCC_MAKEFILE NT_MAKEFILE \
 	OS2_MAKEFILE PCR-Makefile digimars.mak EMX_MAKEFILE \
 	Makefile.direct Makefile.dj Makefile.DLLs SMakefile.amiga \
 	WCC_MAKEFILE autogen.sh build_atomic_ops.sh \
@@ -707,7 +707,6 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	doc/README.amiga \
 	doc/README.arm.cross \
 	doc/README.autoconf \
-	doc/README.changes \
 	doc/README.cmake \
 	doc/README.contributors \
 	doc/README.cords \

TODO

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+TODO tasks
+==========

doc/README.contributors

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is an attempt to acknowledge early contributions to the garbage
 collector.  Later contributions should instead be mentioned in
-README.changes.
+ChangeLog.
 
 HISTORY -
 
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ and the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency.
 The garbage collector originated as part of the run-time system for
 the Russell programming language implementation. The first version of the
 garbage collector was written primarily by Al Demers.  It was then refined
-and mostly rewritten, primarily by Hans-J. Boehm, at Cornell U., 
+and mostly rewritten, primarily by Hans-J. Boehm, at Cornell U.,
 the University of Washington, Rice University (where it was first used for
 C and assembly code), Xerox PARC, SGI, and HP Labs.  However, significant
 contributions have also been made by many others.
 
-Some other contributors:  
+Some other contributors:
 
 More recent contributors are mentioned in the modification history in
-README.changes.  My apologies for any omissions.
+ChangeLog.  My apologies for any omissions.
 
 The SPARC specific code was originally contributed by Mark Weiser.
 The Encore Multimax modifications were supplied by
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ Jesse Hull and John Ellis supplied the C++ interface code.
 Zhong Shao performed much of the experimentation that led to the
 current typed allocation facility.  (His dynamic type inference code hasn't
 made it into the released version of the collector, yet.)
-

doc/doc.am

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# 
+#
 # THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED
 # OR IMPLIED.  ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-# 
+#
 # Permission is hereby granted to use or copy this program
 # for any purpose,  provided the above notices are retained on all copies.
 # Permission to modify the code and to distribute modified code is granted,
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	doc/README.amiga \
 	doc/README.arm.cross \
 	doc/README.autoconf \
-	doc/README.changes \
 	doc/README.cmake \
 	doc/README.contributors \
 	doc/README.cords \