tar.xz ok? + release coordination

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I'd like for "make dist" to make a tar.xz instead of a tar.gz,
via this change:

 configure.ac |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f5c636a..fb693de 100644
=2D-- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
=2DAM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-define])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-define no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
=20
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Is that OK?

Unless something important jumps out in the next day or so, this is the
last issue before i bump the version number in configure.ac, set the
release date in NEWS, do a "release commit", and tag that commit.  All
this will happen on the =E2=80=98next=E2=80=99 branch.

The rest of the release process:
 - merge =E2=80=98next=E2=80=99 into =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 in the repo
 - generate the dist tarball
 - sign it
 - upload it to GNU
 - generate the manual in all formats
 - update gnu.org web page
 - send announcement to info-gnu
 - post a news item on savannah

I would gladly do these tasks (well, except for updating the web page,
which involves mucking around w/ CVS, blech), but do not have admin
status in the Serveez project (on savannah).  Two possible solutions:

 1/ someone w/ admin status does them;
 2/ someone grants me admin status so that i can do them myself.

What do you think?

=2D-=20
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