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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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+++ b/HACKING
@@ -197,11 +197,17 @@ 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
 
-** 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.
+** 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.
+Before generating the *.pot files, make sure that po/POTFILES.in and
+runtime-po/POTFILES.in list all files with translatable strings.
+This helps: grep -l '\<_(' *
 
 ** Tests
 See above.
@@ -337,9 +343,10 @@ To generate a template announcement file:
 
   make RELEASE_TYPE=alpha gpg_key_ID=F125BDF3 announcement
 
-where alpha can be replaced by beta or major and F125BDF3 should be replaced
-with your key ID.  For an example of how to fill out the template, search the
-mailing list archives for the most recent release announcement.
+where alpha can be replaced by beta or stable and F125BDF3 should be
+replaced with your key ID.  For an example of how to fill out the
+template, search the mailing list archives for the most recent release
+announcement.
 
 Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to
 info-gnu@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
@@ -362,7 +369,8 @@ Push these changes.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free
+Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.