--- a/doc/maintain.texi
+++ b/doc/maintain.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate May 7, 2013
+@set lastupdate July 19, 2013
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -1523,9 +1523,11 @@
 
 @item
 In the @samp{My Account Conf} page on @code{savannah}, upload the GPG
-key you will use to sign your packages.  If you haven't created one
-before, you can do so with the command @code{gpg --gen-key} (you can
-accept and/or confirm the default answers to its questions).
+key (in ASCII-armored format) that you will use to sign your packages.
+If you haven't created one before, you can do so with the command
+@code{gpg --gen-key} (you can accept and/or confirm the default
+answers to its questions).  Then, to get the ASCII-armored version,
+run @samp{gpg --export --armor @var{your_key_id}}.
 
 Optional but recommended: Send your key to a GPG public key server:
 @code{gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --send-keys @var{keyid}}, where
@@ -1545,8 +1547,7 @@
 preferred email address, and your Savannah username.
 
 @item
-An ASCII armored copy of your GPG key, as an attachment.  (@samp{gpg
---export -a @var{your_key_id} >mykey.asc} should give you this.)
+The ASCII armored copy of your GPG key, as an attachment.
 
 @item
 A list of names and preferred email addresses of other individuals you
@@ -2294,7 +2295,7 @@
 
 Please don't host discussions about your package in a service that
 requires nonfree software.  For instance, Google+ ``communities''
-require running a nonfree Javascript program to post a message, so
+require running a nonfree JavaScript program to post a message, so
 they can't be used in the Free World.  To host discussions there would
 be excluding people who live by free software principles.
 
@@ -2554,6 +2555,14 @@
 We don't recommend any specific payment service.  However, GNU
 developers should not use a service that requires them to sign a
 proprietary software license, such as Google's payment service.
+Please also avoid sites that requires users to run nonfree software in
+order to donate.  (This includes JavaScript software, so try it with
+LibreJS or with JavaScript disabled.)
+
+In the text you post on the site, please pay attention to the
+terminological issues we care about (@pxref{Terminology}).
+
+We have no objections to using Bitcoin to receive donations.
 
 The FSF can collect donations for a limited number of projects; if you
 want to propose that for your project, write to

--- a/doc/standards.texi
+++ b/doc/standards.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate April 27, 2013
+@set lastupdate July 19, 2013
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -291,34 +291,11 @@
 @cindex programming languages
 
 When you want to use a language that gets compiled and runs at high
-speed, the best language to use is C.  Using another language is like
-using a non-standard feature: it will cause trouble for users.  Even if
-GCC supports the other language, users may find it inconvenient to have
-to install the compiler for that other language in order to build your
-program.  For example, if you write your program in C++, people will
-have to install the GNU C++ compiler in order to compile your program.
-
-C has one other advantage over C++ and other compiled languages: more
-people know C, so more people will find it easy to read and modify the
-program if it is written in C.
-
-So in general it is much better to use C, rather than the
-comparable alternatives.
-
-But there are two exceptions to that conclusion:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-It is no problem to use another language to write a tool specifically
-intended for use with that language.  That is because the only people
-who want to build the tool will be those who have installed the other
-language anyway.
-
-@item
-If an application is of interest only to a narrow part of the community,
-then the question of which language it is written in has less effect on
-other people, so you may as well please yourself.
-@end itemize
+speed, the best language to use is C.  C++ is ok too, but please don't
+make heavy use of templates.  Other languages commonly used in the
+free software community, such as Java, Python and Ruby, are ok too.
+Please implement the GNU configure and make interface no matter which
+language you use.
 
 Many programs are designed to be extensible: they include an interpreter
 for a language that is higher level than C.  Often much of the program
@@ -333,8 +310,8 @@
 Guile also includes bindings for GTK+/GNOME, making it practical to
 write modern GUI functionality within Guile.  We don't reject programs
 written in other ``scripting languages'' such as Perl and Python, but
-using Guile is very important for the overall consistency of the GNU
-system.
+using Guile is the path that will lead to overall consistency of the
+GNU system.
 
 
 @node Compatibility