[project @ 2002-06-19 20:45:14 by sof]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / ANNOUNCE

diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
index 3199ecc..4f0e1cf 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -41,16 +41,13 @@ The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory:
 
 We supply binary builds in the native package format for various
 flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows
 
 We supply binary builds in the native package format for various
 flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows

-folks.  Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you
-want.
+folks.  Binary builds for other platforms are available as a .tar.gz
+which can be installed wherever you want.  The source distribution is
+also available from the same place.

 
 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
 README file to find all of the documentation about this release.
 
 
 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
 README file to find all of the documentation about this release.
 

-The source distribution is freely available via the World-Wide Web,
-under a BSD-style license.  See below for download details.  Pre-built
-packages for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Win32 are also available.
-

 
 More details about what's new
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 More details about what's new
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@@ -110,7 +107,8 @@ platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick
 development.  The distribution includes space and time profiling
 facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various
 language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign
 development.  The distribution includes space and time profiling
 facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various
 language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign

-language interfaces (C, whatever).
+language interfaces (C, whatever).  GHC is distributed under a
+BSD-style open source license.

 
 A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries,
 specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references,
 
 A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries,
 specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references,

@@ -137,25 +135,26 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ  http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html
 
 System requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 System requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 64+MB memory, GNU C
+To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 64+MB memory, GCC

 and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 
 and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 

-  * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,mingw32}
+  * i386-unknown-{linux,*bsd,mingw32}

   * sparc-sun-solaris2
   * sparc-sun-solaris2

+  * alpha-dec-osf3
+  * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS/X)

 
 Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
 wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
 
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
   * i386-unknown-solaris2
 
 Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
 wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
 
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
   * i386-unknown-solaris2

-  * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}

   * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
   * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
 
 The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete
 run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at
 
   * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
   * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
 
 The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete
 run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at
 

-   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/building/building-guide.html
+   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/building/building-guide.html