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diff --git a/tools/star/release-guide.pod b/tools/star/release-guide.pod
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--- a/tools/star/release-guide.pod
+++ b/tools/star/release-guide.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ varies from one release to the next.
Also, while the Rakudo compiler issues monthly releases; Star
releases are free to choose a longer release cycle. Star releases
are also free to choose older releases of the compiler, NQP, and/or
-Parrot. The goal is to balance end-user stability needs with
+MoarVM. The goal is to balance end-user stability needs with
progress being made on the compiler, modules, and other runtime
components. Currently Star is on a monthly release cycle; we
expect to slow down to quarterly releases again sometime in the
@@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ reports a clean repository.
Change to the star repository directory, and edit the first four
lines of F<tools/star/Makefile> to indicate the desired releases of
-Rakudo, NQP, MoarVM, and Parrot to use.
+Rakudo, NQP and MoarVM to use.
Usually that means the last Rakudo release, the NQP version that is in the
released Rakudo's F<tools/build/NQP_REVISION> file, the MoarVM version that
is in the F<tools/build/MOAR_REVISION> file that is included in the NQP
-release, and the Parrot version in the F<tools/build/PARROT_REVISION> file
-that is include in the NQP release.
+release.
$ cd star
$ vi tools/star/Makefile
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ Unpack the tarball somewhere else, and do a test build/install:
$ cd work
$ tar xvfz ../rakudo-star-2012.08.tar.gz
$ cd rakudo-star-2012.08
- $ perl Configure.pl --gen-parrot
+ $ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar
$ make install
$ make rakudo-test
$ make rakudo-spectest
@@ -198,8 +197,6 @@ Publicize the release in the appropriate places. These include:
=item * perl6-compiler@perl.org
-=item * parrot-users@lists.parrot.org
-
=item * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakudo_Perl_6
=item * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6