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@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 *** Obsolete features
 
-  Support for YYFAIL is removed, as announced since Bison 2.4.2.
+  Support for YYFAIL is removed (deprecated in Bison 2.4.2).
   Support for yystype and yyltype (instead of YYSTYPE and YYLTYPE)
-  is removed, as announced in Bison 1.875.
+  is removed (deprecated in Bison 1.875).
+  Support for YYPARSE_PARAM is removed (deprecated in Bison 1.875).
 
 ** Warnings
 
-*** Warning categories are now displayed in warnings
+*** Warning categories are now displayed
 
   For instance:
 
@@ -82,7 +83,19 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   Also, it is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using
   "%code init" and "%define init_throws".
 
-** C++ skeleton improvements
+** C++ skeletons improvements
+
+*** parser header (%defines) is no longer mandatory (lalr1.cc)
+
+  In which case, if needed, the support classes are defined in the generated
+  parser, instead of additional files (location.hh, position.hh and
+  stack.hh).
+
+*** locations are no longer mandatory (lalr1.cc, glr.cc)
+
+  Both lalr1.cc and glr.cc no longer require %location.
+
+*** syntax_error exception (lalr1.cc)
 
   The C++ parser features a syntax_error exception, which can be
   thrown from the scanner or from user rules to raise syntax errors.
@@ -129,6 +142,25 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.2 (2012-08-03) [stable]
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Buffer overruns, complaints from Flex, and portability issues in the test
+  suite have been fixed.
+
+** Spaces in %lex- and %parse-param (lalr1.cc, glr.cc)
+
+  Trailing end-of-lines in %parse-param or %lex-param would result in
+  invalid C++.  This is fixed.
+
+** Spurious spaces and end-of-lines
+
+  The generated files no longer end (nor start) with empty lines.
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.1 (2012-07-30) [stable]
+
  Bison no longer executes user-specified M4 code when processing a grammar.
 
 ** Future Changes