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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking Bison.
 Don't put this file into the distribution.  Don't mention it in the
 ChangeLog.
 
+Everything related to the development of Bison is on Savannah:
+
+	http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/bison/
+
+
 * Administrivia
 
 ** If you incorporate a change from somebody on the net:
@@ -21,9 +26,18 @@ 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.
 
+
+* Hacking
+
 ** Visible changes
 Which include serious bug fixes, must be mentioned in NEWS.
 
+** Translations
+Only user visible strings are to be translated: error messages, bits
+of the .output file etc.  This excludes impossible error messages
+(comparable to assert/abort), and all the --trace output which is
+meant for the maintainers only.
+
 
 * Test suite
 
@@ -38,11 +52,10 @@ release:
   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
@@ -50,8 +63,6 @@ release:
   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