* 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.
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''),