[project @ 1998-04-16 10:03:50 by sof]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / ANNOUNCE

diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
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--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.10
+            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.01
            ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 2.10. Source and Binary distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 3.01.  The source distribution is freely
 available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.
 
 Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
@@ -14,24 +14,16 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-Release 2.10 is a full binary release (at least for the platforms we
-have access to, other builds are solicited).  We hope this will be a
-solid release - barring any unforseen problems this should be the end
-of the 2.xx line.
+GHC 3.01 is a source-only release.  Major news items:
 
-Major new things in this release:
+       * Lots of bug-fixes for the mult-parameter type class support.
 
-       * better -fwarn-overlapping-patterns checking,
-       * Happy is no longer included in binary distributions:
-         we're making separate Happy binaries, see
-         ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/happy
-       * lots of bug fixes.
+       * Re-organisation of libraries, and hslibs nuked. (see the
+         release notes/documentation for the full story).
 
-The next release will likely be GHC 3.00, containing mult-parameter
-type classes amongst other things.  As of the next release, we will no
-longer support building with GHC 0.29.
-
-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the GHC Team!
+       * The User's Guide is now in SGML, and the literate tools are
+         no longer required to format any of the documentation in the
+         tree, hence we removed them from the distribution.
 
 + Mailing lists
 ================
@@ -74,10 +66,10 @@ for tar, please)!
 ======================
 
 To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 16+MB
-memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (either
-version 0.29 or 2.02 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
+memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
+2.10 at least). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
 
-  * alpha-dec-osf2
+  * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
   * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
   * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
@@ -88,6 +80,6 @@ Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort.  The installer's
 guide included in distribution gives a complete run-down of what-ports-work;
 an on-line version can be found at
 
-   http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ghc-doc/install-guide.html
+   http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
 
 EOF