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[PATCH 3/6] news: minor improvements


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] news: minor improvements
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:48:16 +0100

* NEWS: Name some more contributors.
Restructure slightly.
---
 NEWS   | 15 +++++++++++----
 THANKS |  1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 167cc8b..5b6ea0c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
-** Future changes
+** WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
 
-  Bison will stop adding a semicolon at the end of the actions:
+  Bison will stop adding a semicolon at the end of the actions (as announced
+  in the release 2.5):
 
     foo.y:2.22: warning: a ';' might be needed at the end of action code
      exp: "num" { $$ = $1 }
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   for its own code, especially the definition of variables after statements.
   The generated C parsers still aim at C90.
 
-** Incompatible changes
+** Backward incompatible changes
 
 *** Obsolete features
 
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 ** Diagnostics are improved
 
+  Contributed by Théophile Ranquet.
+
 *** Changes in the format of error messages
 
   This used to be the format of many error reports:
@@ -390,6 +393,8 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 ** Graph improvements in DOT and XSLT
 
+  Contributed by Théophile Ranquet.
+
   The graphical presentation of the states is more readable: their shape is
   now rectangular, the state number is clearly displayed, and the items are
   numbered and left-justified.
@@ -831,7 +836,9 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 
-** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling:
+** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling
+
+  Contributed by Joel E. Denny.
 
   Canonical LR, IELR, and LALR can suffer from a couple of problems
   upon encountering a syntax error.  First, the parser might perform
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 61e52f7..59e591d 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Tom Tromey                address@hidden
 Tommy Nordgren            address@hidden
 Troy A. Johnson           address@hidden
 Tys Lefering              address@hidden
+Valentin Tolmer           address@hidden
 Vin Shelton               address@hidden
 W.C.A. Wijngaards         address@hidden
 Wayne Green               address@hidden
-- 
1.8.1.1




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