X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=67e0f87cf8cdb496a4afa7d66edc6c2256c4c5d0;hb=dd04ed7103632317bceb2aa01fea0ce718ed25d0;hp=3afb8bd46fc8241be4ae118e3ebd65e34ba3b06e;hpb=18026d35d74c413dd8f2e26120c86385f112d42d;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 3afb8bd..67e0f87 100644 --- 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