[project @ 1998-01-28 11:35:41 by simonm]

update for announcement of 3.00.

ghc/ANNOUNCE

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	    ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 3.00. Source and Binary distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 3.00.  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
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-(ToDo)
+GHC 3.00 is a source-only release.  There are no binaries available at
+the current time: in the interests of spending more time hacking and
+less time building distributions, we're shoving this one out as
+quickly as possible so that intrepid hackers can try it out.
+
+Important new features:
+
+   * Multi-parameter type classes.  Please try 'em out; we'd
+     appreciate the feedback.
 
 + Mailing lists
 ================
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ 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:
+version 0.29 or 2.10 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
 
   * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}