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+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,46 +1,57 @@
-	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02
+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.06
 	    ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 4.02.  The source distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 4.06.  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 Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
 Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 
-	http://haskell.org/
+	http://www.haskell.org/
 
-GHC has a new Web page; point your browser at
+GHC's Web page lives at
 
-	http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
+	http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 
 + What's new
 =============
 
-GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds the following major features:
+This should be a stable release. We have not made major changes
+since 4.04 to the core compiler, but we have fixed lots of bugs.
+We believe that 4.06 is in a nice stable well-tested state.  (Ha!)
 
-	* Full Haskell 98 language support,
+Apart from that, there are the following changes
 
-	* Scoped type variables,
+   - Major library reorganisation.  All libraries, except the ones that
+     are part of the Haskell 98 *language* specification, have moved to
+     fptools/hslibs/.  The hslibs tree is independent of GHC, shared between
+     GHC, Hugs, and (we hope) other Haskell implementations.  
+     The idea is to make it easier for people to contribute and maintain 
+     libraries.
 
-	* Better warnings for unused variables,
+     The hslibs/ tree is organised in a Java-like fashion.  Details in 
+     the new Library guide:
+     http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/hslibs/book1.html
 
-	* A new generational garbage collector.
+     Existing programs that use the -syslib flag may need to change which
+     syslibs they include.
 
-The following things have not been fixed yet:
+   - Support for "foreign export dynamic".
 
-	* The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by
-	  default for the time being.
+   - Clean up of concurrent I/O system; in particular, I/O is now non-blocking,
+     except (alas) on stdout/stderr for tiresome reasons.
 
-	* The profiler is still flaky.
+   - Some refinements to the exceptions mechanism:
+     http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html#exc-changes-406
 
-See the release notes for full details:
+   - More performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 10% less memory
+     than 4.04
 
-	http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/Docs/latest/users_guide/users_guide-1.html#ss1.4
+For full details see the release notes:
 
-A source distribution and binaries for common architectures are
-available from the web page.
+	http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html
 
 + Mailing lists
 ================
@@ -59,8 +70,8 @@ users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org
 
 Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
 
-GHC home page    	  http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
-Haskell home page	  http://haskell.org/
+GHC home page    	  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
+Haskell home page	  http://www.haskell.org/
 comp.lang.functional FAQ  http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
 
 
@@ -70,7 +81,7 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ  http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
 The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
 self-explanatory:
 
-	http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
+	http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 
 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
 README file to find all of the documentation about this release.  NB:
@@ -82,22 +93,21 @@ for tar, please)!
 ======================
 
 To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 32+MB
-memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
-2.10 at least, 3.02 recommended).  This release is known to work on
-the following platforms:
+memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at
+least).  This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 
-  * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}
+  * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32}
   * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
+  * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
 
 Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but
 haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
 
   * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
-  * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
   * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
   * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
 
-The installer's guide included in distribution gives a complete
+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://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/Docs/latest/installation_guide/installing.html
+   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/building_guide/installing.html