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Re: out of date FSF page for Bison
From: |
Joel E. Denny |
Subject: |
Re: out of date FSF page for Bison |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:56:52 -0400 (EDT) |
On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Joel E. Denny wrote:
> > Sorry, I didn't know about the README. I guess we'll have to maintain
> > the list. How about if we use everybody at that link who's
> > contributed a change some time in the last year or so?
>
> Ok. I'll just sort alphabetically.
Here's an updated patch. I'll wait a couple more days for comments.
Joel
Index: bison.txt
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/directory/directory/bison.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -r1.43 bison.txt
--- bison.txt 3 Oct 2005 18:37:24 -0000 1.43
+++ bison.txt 6 Jun 2006 17:52:14 -0000
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
usually be found in the distribution itself.
</p>
<p>
-Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
+Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
</p>
<p>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify this document
@@ -19,24 +20,27 @@
%%short-description: Replacement for the parser generator 'yacc'
-%%full-description: General purpose parser generator that converts a
-grammar description for a LALR context-free grammar into a C program
-to parse that grammar. It can be used to create a range of language
-parsers.
-
-<P>Bison is upwardly compatible with Yacc, so properly written Yacc
-grammars and those users familiar with Yacc should have little
-trouble, although you do need to be fluent in C to use Bison.
+%%full-description: Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts
+an annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for that
+grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use it to develop a wide
+range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to
+complex programming languages.
+
+<P>Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc grammars
+ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar with Yacc should be
+able to use Bison with little trouble. You need to be fluent in C or C++
+programming in order to use Bison.
%%category: progmisc
-%%maintainer: <address@hidden>, Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
+%%maintainer: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>,
+Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org>
-%%touched: 2003-05-09
+%%touched: 2006-06-06
-%%updated: 2005-09-19
+%%updated: 2006-06-06
-%%keywords: parser, yacc, grammar, bison
+%%keywords: parser, yacc, grammar, bison, LALR(1), GLR, C++
%%interface: Command Line
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@
%%GNU: yes
-%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
+%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
%%support:
@@ -58,16 +62,24 @@
http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/; Printed user reference
manual available from http://www.gnu.org/doc/book10.html
-%%developers: Marc Autret <address@hidden>, Pascal Bart
-<address@hidden>, Robert Anisko <address@hidden>
-
-%%contributors: Robert Corbett, Richard Stallman <address@hidden>, Wilfred
Hansen
+%%developers: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl at gnu dot org>,
+Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org>,
+Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>,
+Paul Hilfinger <hilfinger at cs dot berkeley dot edu>,
+Joel E. Denny <jdenny at ces dot clemson dot edu>,
+Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan dot guerrero at gmx dot de>,
+Tim Van Holder <tim dot van dot holder at pandora dot be>
+
+%%contributors: Robert Corbett, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>,
+Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>,
+Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org>,
+Paul Hilfinger <hilfinger at cs dot berkeley dot edu>
%%sponsors:
%%changelog:
-%%source-tarball: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.1.tar.gz
+%%source-tarball: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.3.tar.gz
%%source-info:
@@ -85,7 +97,7 @@
%%source-language: C
-%%supported-languages:
+%%supported-languages: C, C++
%%use-requirements:
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@
%%source-prerequisites:
-%%version: 2.1 stable released 2005-09-19
+%%version: 2.3 stable released 2006-06-05
%%announce-list: <address@hidden>