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@@ -1,27 +1,18 @@
 
-   ============================================================
-    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.04
-   ============================================================
+   =============================================================
+    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.2.2
+   =============================================================
 
-We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 5.04.
+The GHC Team is pleased to announce the latest patchlevel release of
+GHC, 6.2.2.  This is a bugfix release only, there are no new features.
+Code that worked with 6.2.1 will work unchanged with 6.2.2.
 
-Highlights include:
-
-  * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock.
-
-  * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind
-    annotations.
- 
-  * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical
-    profiling).
-
-  * MacOS X support
-
-See the release notes for a full list of the changes:
-
-   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/users_guide/release-5-04.html
+A lot of bugfixes have gone into 6.2.2; we believe it is one of the
+most stable releases of GHC ever.  Thanks to everyone who has been
+involved in testing pre-releases and submitting bug reports.
 
+This will also be the last release along the 6.2 branch, the next
+release (out "soon") will be 6.4 with plenty of new features.
 
 How to get it
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -30,19 +21,19 @@ The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory:
         http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 
 We supply binary builds in the native package format for various
-flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows
-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.
+flavours of Linux and BSD, and in Windows Installer (MSI) form
+for Windows 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.
 
+Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your
+system isn't available yet, please try again later.
 
 Background
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the
-current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
+current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998 and
+revised December 2002.
 
 GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell.  Included is
 an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of
@@ -77,21 +68,14 @@ and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 
   * i386-unknown-{linux,*bsd,mingw32}
   * 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
-  * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
-  * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
+  * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS X)
 
-The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete run-down of what
-ports work; it can be found at
+Ports to other platforms are possible with varying degrees of
+difficulty.  The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete
+run-down of what ports work and how to go about porting to a new
+platform; it can be found at
 
-   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/building/building-guide.html
+   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/building-guide.html
 
 
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