I<You MAY SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT>
+L<perlport> has a section currently named I<Supported Platforms> that
+indicates which platforms are known to build in the current release.
+If necessary update the list and the indicated version number.
+
+=item *
+
+I<You MAY SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT>
+
Update F<AUTHORS>, using the C<Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl> script, and if
necessary, update the script to include new alias mappings for porters
already in F<AUTHORS>