[recipes] Generate NEWS from appdata

[Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>]

commit f5d83e8b38272719727b291e138187c5b4a9e2dd
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date:   Wed Dec 14 09:39:24 2016 -0500

    Generate NEWS from appdata
    
    This is the current best practice.

 Makefile.am  |   12 +++++++++++-
 configure.ac |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a253dd0..44ef5ef 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = . libgd data src po tests
 
-EXTRA_DIST = AUTHORS
+EXTRA_DIST = AUTHORS NEWS
 
 AUTHORS:
        $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d "$(srcdir)/.git"; \
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ AUTHORS:
                     echo Failed to generate $@ >&2 ); \
        else touch $@; fi
 
+NEWS: data/appdata/org.gnome.Recipes.appdata.xml.in
+       $(AM_V_GEN)if test -e $(APPSTREAM_UTIL); then \
+               $(APPSTREAM_UTIL) appdata-to-news $^ > $@; \
+       else \
+               touch $@; \
+       fi
+
+.PHONY: NEWS
+
 # Generate the ChangeLog.
 @GENERATE_CHANGELOG_RULES@
 dist-hook: dist-ChangeLog
@@ -40,6 +49,7 @@ GITIGNOREFILES = \
        gtk-doc.m4 \
        gtk-doc.make \
        INSTALL \
+       NEWS \
        $(NULL)
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4 -I libgd
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a13acf5..6435c0d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl ***********************************************************************
 dnl Define Versioning Information
 dnl ***********************************************************************
 m4_define([major_version],[0])
-m4_define([minor_version],[2])
+m4_define([minor_version],[3])
 m4_define([micro_version],[0])
 m4_define([package_version],[major_version.minor_version.micro_version])
 m4_define([bug_report_url],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=recipes])
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl Initialize autoconf
 dnl ***********************************************************************
 AC_INIT([recipes],[package_version],[bug_report_url])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([NEWS])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 AC_SUBST([ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS], "-I m4 -I libgd")
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ AC_PROG_SED
 AC_PATH_PROG([GLIB_GENMARSHAL],[glib-genmarshal])
 AC_PATH_PROG([GLIB_MKENUMS],[glib-mkenums])
 AC_PATH_PROG([GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES],[glib-compile-resources])
+AC_PATH_PROG([APPSTREAM_UTIL],[appstream-util])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.22])
 GLIB_GSETTINGS
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([1.42.0])