* README (Copyright statements): New section explaining the range
notation. The GNU coding standards require this explanation. I
copied ours from coreutils.
* build-aux/update-b4-copyright: Revert 2010-06-17 changes that
disabled Bison's automated use of ranges.
* cfg.mk (update-copyright-env): Likewise.
Bison was uselessly requiring the formatstring macros from
gettext, which resulted in mo files not being installed on systems
that perfectly supported Bison mo files. Lower the requirement.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2009-08/msg00006.html
* configure.ac: Require need-ngettext instead of
need-formatstring-macros.
Reported by Martin Jabocs.
Suggested by Bruno Haible.
* INSTALL: Restructure.
(Internationalization): New.
(cherry picked from commit b9e42bb439)
* 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.
* HACKING (Administrivia): Make the git-merge-changelog notes more
helpful.
(Test suite): Don't say lalr1.cc is not exercised in the test suite.
(Release Procedure): Update for git and add numerous details that were
previously missing.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove Makefile.cfg and Makefile.maint.
* maint.mk (announcement): Don't list bison as a bootstrap tool so
that announcements don't claim we bootstrapped with whatever bison
happened to be in PATH. Add flex as a bootstrap tool.
* Makefile.maint: Remove, previously replaced by maint.mk.
* Makefile.cfg: Remove, and migrate settings to...
* cfg.mk: ... here for the sake of `make announcement'.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add announce-gen.
* README: Say GNU Bison instead of just Bison. Suggested by Karl
Berry.
Remove Sequent/Pyramid discussion (nobody uses them any more).
Merge VMS and MS-DOS discussion; these ports may well be dead
but let's keep mentioning them for now. Put <> around email
addresses. Add copyright notice.