[project @ 1998-02-23 16:49:38 by simonm]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / ANNOUNCE

diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
index dd66b2c..67e0f87 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.09
+            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.01
            ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 2.09. Source distribution is freely available
-via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.
+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
 current language version is 1.4, agreed in April, 1997.  Haskell
@@ -14,28 +14,16 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-Release 2.09 contains some library changes that may break programs
-using glasgow extensions.  The main points:
-
-       * PrimIO has been removed, replaced by IO in all places
-         (including the type of C calls).
-       * The types of IO and ST have changed, to make them more
-         efficient.  This won't bite you unless you go digging
-         around in the IO or ST monads, which you shouldn't...
-       * Several extension libraries have been moved to be
-         compatible with Hugs.  See 
-
-               ftp://haskell.org/pub/reid/libs971028/libs.html
-       
-         for the definitions of the new libraries.
-       * Several of the interfaces exported by GlaExts are deprecated,
-         as they have been moved into common libraries (ST for instance).
-         GlaExts will eventually contain only extensions that are
-         exclusive to GHC.
-
-We've also fixed several bugs, one space leak, and added better
-handling of warnings (-W, -Wall and -Wnot flags).  As usual, see the
-release notes in the Users' Guide for the full story.
+GHC 3.01 is a source-only release.  Major news items:
+
+       * Lots of bug-fixes for the mult-parameter type class support.
+
+       * Re-organisation of libraries, and hslibs nuked. (see the
+         release notes/documentation for the full story).
+
+       * 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
 ================
@@ -63,10 +51,10 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ  http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
 + How to get it
 ================
 
-The easy way is to go to the WWW GHC distribution page, which should
-be self-explanatory:
+The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
+self-explanatory:
 
-       ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/README.html
+       http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/
 
 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
 README file to find all of the documentation about this release.  NB:
@@ -78,10 +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}
@@ -92,6 +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