[project @ 1998-02-20 13:38:22 by simonm]

update for 3.01

ghc/ANNOUNCE

-	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.00
+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.01
 	    ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 3.00.  The source 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
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-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.
+GHC 3.01 is a source-only release.  Major news items:
 
-Important new features:
+	* Lots of bug-fixes for the mult-parameter type class support.
 
-   * Multi-parameter type classes.  Please try 'em out; we'd
-     appreciate the feedback.
+	* 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
 ================
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ 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 2.10 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-osf{2,3}
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
@@ -79,6 +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/3.00/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
+   http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
 
 EOF