* NEWS (2.4.3): Mention fix for Sun Studio C++.

[bison.git] / HACKING

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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+++ b/HACKING
@@ -200,8 +200,11 @@ release:
 
 * 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 +340,10 @@ 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''),