* NEWS (2.3b): Update release date since there has been a delay in

getting the announcements and tarballs out.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+2008-05-27  Joel E. Denny  <[email protected]>
+
+	* NEWS (2.3b): Update release date since there has been a delay in
+	getting the announcements and tarballs out.
+
+2008-05-23  Joel E. Denny  <[email protected]>
+
+	* NEWS: Version 2.3b.
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Likewise.
+	(PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR): Update to 2008.
+
+2008-05-23  Joel E. Denny  <[email protected]>
+
+	* 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  <[email protected]>
 
 	* data/yacc.c: Reformat m4 a little for readability.
@@ -20508,7 +20526,7 @@
 	-----
 
 	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

HACKING

@@ -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
+Don't put this file into the distribution.
-ChangeLog.
 
 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 (in /tmp/) a proto
 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...
 

NEWS

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bison News
 ----------
 
-Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??):
+Changes in version 2.3b (2008-05-27):
 
 * The quotes around NAME that used to be required in the following directive
   are now deprecated:

configure.ac

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 # We have strange test case titles, so we need Autoconf 2.61 or better.
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 
-AC_INIT([GNU Bison], [2.3a+], [[email protected]])
+AC_INIT([GNU Bison], [2.3b], [[email protected]])
-AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR], [2007],
+AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR], [2008],
           [The copyright year for this package])
-AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR], [2007])
+AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR], [2008])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])

doc/bison.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.36.
-.TH BISON "1" "March 2008" "bison 2.3a+" "User Commands"
+.TH BISON "1" "May 2008" "bison 2.3b" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 bison \- GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Written by Robert Corbett and Richard Stallman.
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 Report bugs to <bug\-[email protected]>.
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .br
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

src/parse-gram.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3a+.  */
+/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3b.  */
 
 /* Skeleton implementation for Bison's Yacc-like parsers in C
    
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #define YYBISON 1
 
 /* Bison version.  */
-#define YYBISON_VERSION "2.3a+"
+#define YYBISON_VERSION "2.3b"
 
 /* Skeleton name.  */
 #define YYSKELETON_NAME "yacc.c"

src/parse-gram.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3a+.  */
+/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3b.  */
 
 /* Skeleton interface for Bison's Yacc-like parsers in C