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@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ of the .output file etc.  This excludes impossible error messages
 (comparable to assert/abort), and all the --trace output which is
 meant for the maintainers only.
 
+** Horizontal tabs
+Do not add horizontal tab characters to any file in Bison's repository
+except where required.  For example, do not use tabs to format C code.
+However, make files, ChangeLog, and some regular expressions require
+tabs.  Also, test cases might need to contain tabs to check that Bison
+properly processes tabs in its input.
+
 
 * Working from the repository
 
@@ -211,6 +218,9 @@ release:
   that it does not make sense for glr.c, which should be ANSI, but
   currently is actually GNU C, nor for lalr1.cc.
 
+- Test with a very recent version of GCC for both C and C++.  Testing
+  with older versions that are still in use is nice too.
+
 
 * Release Procedure
 This section needs to be updated to take into account features from
@@ -272,7 +282,7 @@ where F125BDF3 should be replaced with your key ID.
 *** Using gnupload
 You need "ncftp".
 
-At the end "make stable" (or alpha/beta) will display the prodecure to
+At the end "make stable" (or alpha/beta) will display the procedure to
 run.  Just copy and paste it in your shell.
 
 *** By hand