* NEWS (2.3a+): Mention that -g now takes an argument.

[bison.git] / HACKING

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index fa20885a413c28a064347587b318b62e10d3f71e..4e93ed12834fef74d53dd69092cea73b75eec470 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ release:
   that 1. Bison compiles cleanly, 2. the parsers it produces compile
   cleanly too.
 
   that 1. Bison compiles cleanly, 2. the parsers it produces compile
   cleanly too.
 

-- Change tests/bison to run `valgrind -q bison' to run Bison under
-  Valgrind.
-
-- Run the test suite with `./testsuite PREPARSER='valgrind -q' to make
-  sure the parser behave properly.
+- run `make maintainer-check' which:
+  - runs `valgrind -q bison' to run Bison under Valgrind.
+  - runs the parsers under Valgrind.
+  - runs the test suite with G++ as C compiler...

 
 - Change tests/atlocal/CFLAGS to add your preferred options.  For
   instance, `-traditional' to check that the parsers are K&R.  Note
 
 - Change tests/atlocal/CFLAGS to add your preferred options.  For
   instance, `-traditional' to check that the parsers are K&R.  Note


@@ -64,23 +63,20 @@ release:
   but currently is actually GNU C, nor for lalr1.cc, which anyway is
   not exercised yet in the test suite.
 
   but currently is actually GNU C, nor for lalr1.cc, which anyway is
   not exercised yet in the test suite.
 

-- Change tests/atlocal/CC to use a C++ compiler.
-

 
 * Release Procedure
 
 
 * 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.
+

 ** Tests
 See above.
 
 ** Update the foreign files
 ** Tests
 See above.
 
 ** Update the foreign files

-Running `make update' in the top level should make it all for you.
-This covers PO files too.  Beware that it happens that some PO files
-contain serious problems and are rejected by recent Gettext releases:
-fix them all, and complain to the Translation Project!
-
-Note that there might be *new* PO files.  Don't forget to update the
-whole machinery, which not only includes LINGUAS, but `cvs add'ing the
-PO files too.
+Running `./bootstrap' in the top level should update them all for you.
+This covers PO files too.  Sometimes a PO file contains problems that
+causes it to be rejected by recent Gettext releases; please report
+these to the Translation Project.

 
 ** Update NEWS
 The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
 
 ** Update NEWS
 The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for


@@ -110,27 +106,31 @@ In configure.ac.  Run `make', check this in.
 
 ** Announce
 Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to
 
 ** Announce
 Complete/fix the announcement file, and send it at least to

-info@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
-bison@gnu.org, and translation@iro.umontreal.ca.
+info-gnu@gnu.org (if a real release, or a ``serious beta''),
+bug-bison@gnu.org, help-bison@gnu.org, bison-patches@gnu.org,
+and translation@iro.umontreal.ca.
+
+Send the same announcement on the comp.compilers newsgroup by sending
+email to compilers@iecc.com.  Do not make any Cc as the moderator will
+throw away anything cross-posted or Cc'ed.  It really needs to be a
+separate message.

 
 
 -----
 
 
 
 -----
 

-Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.
 
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.
 

-GNU Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.

 
 

-GNU Bison is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

-along with GNU Bison; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
-02111-1307, USA.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.