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diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 25c2dbad2..6996d7a2b 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -7,22 +7,6 @@ absinthe, etc.  However, the first release containing the module
 system should be called Godot: "This is the one you've been waiting
 for."
 
-In release 1.4:
-- remove names evalext.c: serial-map,
-               ramap.c:   serial-array-copy!, serial-array-map!
-- remove module (ice-9 getopt-gnu-style)
-- remove kw.h, scm_tc16_kw
-- remove genio.h
-- remove deprecated function scm_newsmob.
-- remove deprecated function scm_make_named_hook.
-
-In release 1.5:
-- remove deprecated macros: SCM_INPORTP, SCM_OUTPORTP
-
-Modules sort.c and random.c should be factored out into separate
-modules (but still be distributed with guile-core) when we get a new
-module system.
-
 Platforms for test builds:
 SunOS (gcc and pcc) --- galapas.ai.mit.edu
 Solaris (gcc and SUN cc) --- saturn.ai.mit.edu
@@ -46,7 +30,7 @@ Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>:
 
 Ian Grant <I.A.N.Grant@damtp.cam.ac.uk>:
 
-  alpha-dec-osf4.0e  
+  alpha-dec-osf4.0e
 
 Julian Satchell <satchell@merry.dra.hmg.gb>:
 
@@ -78,9 +62,9 @@ Spiffing checklist:
   directory.
 * Check for files that have changed a lot, but do not have up-to-date
   copyright notices.  This can be as simple as doing:
-	grep 'Copyright' * | grep -v 1999
+ 	grep 'Copyright' * | grep -v 1999
   and looking for files you know you've worked on a lot.
-* Make sure NEWS, INSTALL and the docs are up to date:
+* Make sure NEWS, INSTALL, AUTHORS and THANKS and the docs are up to date:
   + Scan the ChangeLogs for user-visible changes, marked with an asterisk
     at the left margin.
   + Update NEWS and the Texinfo documentation as appropriate.
@@ -88,12 +72,16 @@ Spiffing checklist:
     documented.
   + Check for any [[incomplete]] sections of NEWS.
   + Fact-check INSTALL.
+  + Make sure AUTHORS and THANKS are up-to-date (see also TODO).
+  + Remove finished items from TODO (those marked w/ "+").
 * Make sure the downloading addresses and filenames in README are
   current.  (But don't bump the version number yet.  We do that below.)
 * Check that the versions of aclocal, automake, autoconf, and autoheader
-  in your PATH match those given in README.  Note that the `make
+  in your PATH match those given in HACKING.  Note that the `make
   dist' process always invokes these tools, even when all the
   generated files are up to date.
+  Make specifically sure that the files in libltdl are generated using
+  the same tools as the rest.
 * Rebuild all generated files in the source tree:
   + Install the .m4 files where aclocal will find them.
   + Run aclocal.
@@ -101,16 +89,21 @@ Spiffing checklist:
   + Run autoheader.
   + Run automake.
 * Verify that Guile builds and runs in your working directory.
-* Run the test suite, in guile-modules/test-suite.
+* Run the test suite, in guile-core/test-suite.
 * Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
 * Build a test distribution.
   + BEFORE doing 'make dist', configure the source tree for build
-    in the same tree with configuration option --with-threads.
+    in the same tree with configuration options
+    --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-debug-malloc --with-threads.
   + Make sure that readline was enabled correctly.
   + Build the tree.
     (If the above steps are not done, the dependencies won't be properly
     included in the generated Makefile.in files.)
   + Then do 'make dist'.
+  + Check that the dependencies in guile-readline/Makefile look OK.
+    (We currently use a kludge which edits the dependencies generated
+    by automake so that Guile can be built in a directory separate
+    from the source tree also with non-GNU make programs.)
 * Give the test disty to various people to try.  Here's what you should do:
   + Unset GUILE_LOAD_PATH.
   + Remove automake and autoconf from your path, or turn off their
@@ -139,7 +132,7 @@ Once you've got a disty that seems pretty solid:
 Punting checklist:
 
 * Add "Guile N.M released." entry to the top-level ChangeLog, and commit it.
-* Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M" 
+* Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M"
   or "release_N_M_L".
 * Do a 'make dist'.
 * Put the distribution up for FTP somewhere, and send mail to
@@ -159,5 +152,3 @@ Punting checklist:
   version numbers of the form "N.M.L", where L is odd.
 * Start a new section of the NEWS file.
 * Start a new THANKS file.
-* Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you
-  get when you ask majordomo for "info guile".