maint: maintainer-release-check.

[bison.git] / README-hacking

diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
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--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -15,25 +15,16 @@ First, if it is a large change, you must make sure they have signed
 the appropriate paperwork.  Second, be sure to add their name and
 email address to THANKS.
 
-** If a change fixes a test, mention the test in the ChangeLog entry.
+** If a change fixes a test, mention the test in the commit message.
 
 ** Bug reports
-If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the ChangeLog entry
+If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the commit message
 and in the test case you write.  Put him into THANKS.
 
 The correct response to most actual bugs is to write a new test case
 which demonstrates the bug.  Then fix the bug, re-run the test suite,
 and check everything in.
 
-** You may find it useful to install the git-merge-changelog merge driver:
-
-  http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob;f=lib/git-merge-changelog.c
-
-When following the generic installation instructions there, keep in mind that
-your clone of Bison's git repository already contains appropriate
-.gitattributes files, and running Bison's bootstrap script will make the
-necessary changes to .git/config.
-
 
 * Hacking
 
@@ -169,7 +160,7 @@ The autoconf files we use are currently:
         lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4
         lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4
 
-These files don't change very often in autoconf, so it should be
+These files don't change very often in Autoconf, so it should be
 relatively straight-forward to examine the differences in order to
 decide whether to update.
 
@@ -189,6 +180,9 @@ release:
 - Build with -DGNULIB_POSIXCHECK.  It suggests gnulib modules that can
   fix portability issues.
 
+- Check with `make syntax-check' if there are issues diagnosed by
+  gnulib.
+
 - run `make maintainer-check' which:
   - runs `valgrind -q bison' to run Bison under Valgrind.
   - runs the parsers under Valgrind.
@@ -206,6 +200,9 @@ release:
   Bison's included XSLT style sheets with the output of --report=all and
   --graph.
 
+- running `make maintainer-release-check' takes care of running
+  maintainer-check, maintainer-push-check and maintainer-xml-check.
+
 - Change tests/atlocal/CFLAGS to add your preferred options.  For
   instance, `-traditional' to check that the parsers are K&R.  Note
   that it does not make sense for glr.c, which should be ANSI,
@@ -216,6 +213,8 @@ release:
 
 ** Update the submodules.  See above.
 
+** Update maintainer tools, such as Autoconf.  See above.
+
 ** 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
@@ -248,16 +247,17 @@ occurrences of PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR in configure.ac.
 The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
 betas).
 
-** Update ChangeLog
-Should have an entry similar to `Version 1.49b.'.
+** Mention the release name in a commit message
+Should have an entry similar to `Version 2.3b.'.
 
 ** 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:
+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:
 
   git tag -a v2.3b
 
-The log message can be simply:
+The commit message can be simply:
 
   Bison 2.3b
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Push these changes.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.