tests: link lib/libbison.a for gnulib.

[bison.git] / HACKING

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@@ -210,9 +210,17 @@ causes it to be rejected by recent Gettext releases; please report
 these to the Translation Project.
 
 ** Update README
-Make sure the information in this file is current.  Most notably, make sure it
-recommends a version of GNU M4 that is compatible with the latest Bison
-sources.
+Make sure the information in README is current.  Most notably, make sure
+it recommends a version of GNU M4 that is compatible with the latest
+Bison sources.
+
+** Check copyright years.
+We update years in copyright statements throughout Bison once at the
+start of every year by running `make update-copyright'.  However, before
+a release, it's good to verify that it's actually been run.  Besides the
+copyright statement for each Bison file, check the copyright statements
+that the skeletons insert into generated parsers, and check all
+occurrences of PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR in configure.ac.
 
 ** Update NEWS
 The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
@@ -221,9 +229,6 @@ betas).
 ** Update ChangeLog
 Should have an entry similar to `Version 1.49b.'.
 
-** Update configure.ac
-Be sure PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR is up-to-date.
-
 ** Tag the release
 Before Bison will build with the right version number, you must tag the release
 in git.  Do this after all other changes.  The command is similar to:
@@ -354,8 +359,7 @@ Push these changes.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.