* src/symtab.h (struct symbol): Declare the printer and destructor

[bison.git] / HACKING

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 157d714583856d9acb066979e4f69d9061fde760..28a172818c7f99075eae07dfd29a240d1ec57789 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking Bison.
 Don't put this file into the distribution.  Don't mention it in the
 ChangeLog.
 
+Everything related to the development of Bison is on Savannah:
+
+       http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/bison/
+
+
 * Administrivia
 
 ** If you incorporate a change from somebody on the net:
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ The correct response to most actual bugs is to write a new test case
 which demonstrates the bug.  Then fix the bug, re-run the test suite,
 and check everything in.
 
+
 * Hacking
 
 ** Visible changes
@@ -46,11 +52,10 @@ release:
   that 1. Bison compiles cleanly, 2. the parsers it produces compile
   cleanly too.
 
-- Change tests/bison to run `valgrind -q bison' to run Bison under
-  Valgrind.
-
-- Run the test suite with `./testsuite PREPARSER='valgrind -q' to make
-  sure the parser behave properly.
+- run `make maintainer-check' which:
+  - runs `valgrind -q bison' to run Bison under Valgrind.
+  - runs the parsers under Valgrind.
+  - runs the test suite with G++ as C compiler...
 
 - Change tests/atlocal/CFLAGS to add your preferred options.  For
   instance, `-traditional' to check that the parsers are K&R.  Note
@@ -58,8 +63,6 @@ release:
   but currently is actually GNU C, nor for lalr1.cc, which anyway is
   not exercised yet in the test suite.
 
-- Change tests/atlocal/CC to use a C++ compiler.
-
 
 * Release Procedure
 
@@ -67,14 +70,10 @@ release:
 See above.
 
 ** Update the foreign files
-Running `make update' in the top level should make it all for you.
-This covers PO files too.  Beware that it happens that some PO files
-contain serious problems and are rejected by recent Gettext releases:
-fix them all, and complain to the Translation Project!
-
-Note that there might be *new* PO files.  Don't forget to update the
-whole machinery, which not only includes LINGUAS, but `cvs add'ing the
-PO files too.
+Running `./bootstrap' in the top level should update them all for you.
+This covers PO files too.  Sometimes a PO file contains problems that
+causes it to be rejected by recent Gettext releases; please report
+these to the Translation Project.
 
 ** Update NEWS
 The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
@@ -104,13 +103,19 @@ In configure.ac.  Run `make', check this in.
 
 ** Announce
 Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to
-info@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
-bison@gnu.org, and translation@iro.umontreal.ca.
+info-gnu@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
+bug-bison@gnu.org, help-bison@gnu.org, bison-patches@gnu.org,
+and translation@iro.umontreal.ca.
+
+Send the same announcement on the comp.compilers newsgroup by sending
+email to compilers@iecc.com.  Do not make any Cc as the moderator will
+throw away anything cross-posted or Cc'ed.  It really needs to be a
+separate message.
 
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.
 
@@ -126,5 +131,5 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with GNU Bison; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
-02111-1307, USA.
+Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301, USA.