-# Pass an argument of the form `2004-02-08' to have the archive
-# tagged as a development snapshot; of the form `0.54' to have it
-# tagged as a release.
+# Expects the following arguments:
+# - the version number to write into configure.ac
+# - the suffix to put on the Unix source tarball
+# - the options to put on the 'make' command line for the docs