Prepare for next release.

* NEWS: Briefly mention changes since 2.3b.
* README: Say GNU m4 1.4.6, which we've been requiring in release
announcements already, not 1.4.3, which breaks the build.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4899cf2a640ee407ee39be09e0a1ea47fa544507..deae34b5aa8c6313f258af0f22063aeac7072925 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-02  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
+
+       Prepare for next release.
+       * NEWS: Briefly mention changes since 2.3b.
+       * README: Say GNU m4 1.4.6, which we've been requiring in release
+       announcements already, not 1.4.3, which breaks the build.
+
 2008-11-02  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
 
        Say %language is experimental.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b11333a0d6c92c1417b2202b2d244d66dbe0df79..ce771d85d575d80f8ec85a62845ba80ca09f18ee 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Changes in version ?.? (????-??-??):
   we consider %language to be an experimental feature that will likely evolve
   in future releases.
 
+* Forward compatibility with GNU M4 has been improved.
+
+* Several bugs in the C++ skeleton and the experimental Java skeleton have been
+  fixed.
+
 Changes in version 2.3b (2008-05-27):
 
 * The quotes around NAME that used to be required in the following directive

diff --git a/README b/README
index 11e9c6fd47699e085ccfa7a8bde26177158ecef1..498671f078037707dc7e33d348d2487b95255726 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ frequently asked questions.  The documentation is also available in
 PDF and HTML, provided you have a recent version of Texinfo installed:
 run "make pdf" or "make html".
 
-Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.3 or later.  See:
+Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.6 or later.  See:
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.3.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.6.tar.gz
 
-Bison can work with pre-1.4.3 distributions of GNU m4 if they are
+Bison can work with pre-1.4.6 distributions of GNU m4 if they are
 sufficiently patched, but if you encounter a bug with an older
 distribution and report a bug we will probably suggest that you
-upgrade to 1.4.3 as the first step in trying to fix it.
+upgrade to 1.4.6 as the first step in trying to fix it.
 
 Please send bug reports to <bug-bison@gnu.org>.  Please include the
 version number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained