HACKING updates

[Joel E. Denny]

I committed this.

Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /sources/bison/bison/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.1789
diff -p -u -r1.1789 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog   13 May 2008 05:35:31 -0000      1.1789
+++ ChangeLog   23 May 2008 04:35:09 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-05-23  Joel E. Denny  <address@hidden>
+
+       * HACKING: Don't say don't mention HACKING in the ChangeLog.  We've
+       been doing it for years.
+       (Test suite): Mention maintainer-push-check and maintainer-xml-check.
+       (Release Procedure): Add FIXME about make alpha being unmaintained.
+
 2008-05-13  Joel E. Denny  <address@hidden>
 
        * data/yacc.c: Reformat m4 a little for readability.
@@ -20508,7 +20515,7 @@
        -----
 
        Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-       1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+       1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
        Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
Index: HACKING
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RCS file: /sources/bison/bison/HACKING,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -p -u -r1.15 HACKING
--- HACKING     7 May 2008 23:48:30 -0000       1.15
+++ HACKING     23 May 2008 04:35:09 -0000
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 -*- outline -*-
 
 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.
+Don't put this file into the distribution.
 
 Everything related to the development of Bison is on Savannah:
 
@@ -57,6 +56,18 @@ release:
   - runs the parsers under Valgrind.
   - runs the test suite with G++ as C compiler...
 
+- run `make maintainer-push-check', which runs `make maintainer-check'
+  while activating the push implementation and its pull interface wrappers
+  in many test cases that were originally written to exercise only the
+  pull implementation.  This makes certain the push implementation can
+  perform every task the pull implementation can.
+
+- run `make maintainer-xml-check', which runs `make maintainer-check'
+  while checking Bison's XML automaton report for every working grammar
+  passed to Bison in the test suite.  The check just diffs the output of
+  Bison's included XSLT style sheets with the output of --report=all and
+  --graph.
+
 - 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,
@@ -92,6 +103,8 @@ the tarballs, the xdeltas, and prepares 
 announcement.  It is so neat, that that's what I use anyway for
 genuine releases, but adjusting things by hand (e.g., the urls in the
 announcement file, the ChangeLog which is not needed etc.).
+FIXME: `make alpha' is not maintained and is broken.  These
+instructions need to be replaced or removed.
 
 If it fails, you're on your own...