* Release Procedure
+** Try to get the *.pot files to the Translation Project at least one week
+before a stable release, to give them time to translate them.
+
** Tests
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
** Announce
Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to
info-gnu@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
-bison@gnu.org, and translation@iro.umontreal.ca.
+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. 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.
+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.
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