Minor doc updates.

4 files changed, 58 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0edb7ae9..3911ba8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Feb  4 10:28:19 2011  Arnold D. Robbins  <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* README.cvs: Udpated.
+	* Checklist: New file for storage in the git repository.
+
 Wed Feb  2 20:34:41 2011  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* awkgram.y (free_bc_internal): Remove unused variable.
diff --git a/Checklist b/Checklist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0029255a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Checklist
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Fri Feb  4 10:22:42 IST 2011
+============================
+
+A checklist for making releases
+
+Copyright dates in all files updated
+	main.c - copyright message too!
+ChangeLogs in place and updated
+README updated
+README_d/* edited
+VMS/* version stuff up to date
+	vms/vmsbuild.com
+	vms/descrip.mms
+	vms/vms-conf.h: update VERSION and PACKAGE_VERSION
+NEWS is up to date
+Any new options have been added to usage function
+All paper work signed and sent in
+All files checked in
+Version information is correct in
+	version.c
+	doc/gawk.1
+	doc/awkcard.in
+	doc/gawk.texi
+	doc/gawkinet.texi
+doc/texinfo.tex is up to date
+doc/gawk.texi is up to date
+doc/gawkinet.texi is up to date
+doc/gawk.1 is up to date
+doc/awkcard.in is up to date
+
+Testing on
+	make clean
+	make distclean
+	make maintainer-clean
+	make release
+
+	configure --disable-nls
+	configure --with-whiny-user-strftime
+
+	building in a different directory from the source
+	building doc in a different directory from the source
+
+The simplest way of making sure that no PO file is forgotten, is to 
+run the following command just before rolling a new release:
+
+  rsync -Lrtvz translationproject.org::tp/latest/gawk/ po
diff --git a/README.cvs b/README.cvs
index 4364b63d..fa397ba9 100644
--- a/README.cvs
+++ b/README.cvs
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-Sat Nov 20 21:59:44 IST 2010
+Fri Feb  4 10:26:09 IST 2011
 ============================
 
 If you are reading this, you are looking in the wrong file. Gawk is
-no longer maintained in CVS. It is maintained in git from savannah.gnu.org.
+no longer maintained in CVS. It is maintained in Git from savannah.gnu.org.
 
 According to the Savannah website, you can use:
 
 	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gawk.git \
 		co -d gawk master
 
-to get the development version.  Most likely if you use:
+to get the development version. This works.
 
-	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gawk.git \
-		co -d gawk-stable gawk-stable
+However, as far as I can see, there is no way to get to any of the other
+branches in the Git repository via CVS.
 
-you'll get the gawk-stable branch.  But I haven't tried either of these
-and I can't help you if they don't work.  Please move directly to Git
-if you can.
+Please move directly to Git if you can.
 
 Thanks,
 
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 0b3ee48c..406101f4 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Mon Jan 10 21:52:21 2011  Arnold D. Robbins  <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 Thu Jan  6 22:13:11 2011  Arnold D. Robbins  <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
-	* gawk.texi: Replace TeX figures in Appendix D with figures
+	* gawk.texi: Replace xpic figures in Appendix D with figures
 	from xfig.
 	* general-program.eps, general-program.fig, general-program.pdf,
 	process-flow.eps, process-flow.fig, process-flow.pdf: New files.