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@@ -1,65 +1,29 @@
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--- Haddock 2.8.0
+-- Haddock 2.9.0
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 A new version of Haddock, the Haskell documentation tool, is out!
 
-The biggest news this time is that we have a shiny new XHTML backend, created
-by Mark Lentczner, which outputs semantically correct XHTML, making it much
-easier to create new themes for Haddock.
-
-Mark has made an extraordinary effort by going through and rewriting the old
-table based HTML backend, fixing non-standards-compliant quirks, and adding a
-bunch of new useful features on top of that. See the changelog for more
-details.
-
-Included is a new default CSS theme created by Thomas Schilling, Mark and Johan
-Tibell, as well as the classic theme converted to work with the new backend.
-
-Another great new feature is markup support for examples, contributed by Simon
-Hengel. The idea is to be able to write examples that function both as
-documentation and unit tests.
-
-Last but not least, we now also have a LaTeX backend. It was written by Simon
-Marlow and it was used to generate the libraries section of the Haskell 2010
-report.
-
-This version is compatible with .haddock files produced by Haddock 2.6.1 and
-above, provided that the version of GHC used to build Haddock stays the same.
+This version is compatible with .haddock files produced by the version of
+Haddock that comes with GHC 7.0.1.
 
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--- Changes in version 2.8.0
+-- Changes in version 2.9.0
 --------------------------------------------
 
-  * HTML backend completely rewritten to generate semantically rich XHTML
-    using the xhtml package.
-
-  * New default CSS based on the color scheme chosen for the new Haskell
-    wiki, with a pull-out tab for the synopsis.
-
-  * Theme engine based on CSS files. Themes can be switched from the
-    header menu. (New flags --built-in-themes and --theme. The latter
-    is an alias for --css which now has extended semantics).
-
-  * Markup support for executable examples/unit-tests. To be used with an
-    upcoming version of the DocTest program.
-
-  * Addition of a LaTeX backend.
+Changes in version 2.9.0
 
-  * Frames-mode can be enabled from the header menu.
+  * Drop support for ghc < 7
 
-  * Path to source entities can be specified per package, so that source
-    links work for cross-package documentation.
+  * New flag --qual for qualification of names
 
-  * Support for a second form of enumerated lists (1. 2. etc).
+  * Print doc coverage information to stdout when generating docs
 
-  * Additions and changes to the Haddock API.
+  * Include an 'All' option in the A-Z subdivided index
 
-  * New flag --no-tmp-comp-dir to tell Haddock to read/write
-    compilation files (.o, .hi, etc) to/from GHC's output directory instead of
-    to/from a temporary directory.
+  * Make TOC group header identifiers validate
 
-  * Various bug fixes.
+  * Minor changes to the API
 
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 -- Links
@@ -69,7 +33,7 @@ Homepage:
  http://www.haskell.org/haddock
 
 Hackage page:
- http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haddock-2.8.0
+ http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haddock-2.9.0
 
 Bugtracker and wiki:
  http://trac.haskell.org/haddock
@@ -86,13 +50,13 @@ Code repository:
 
 The following people contributed patches to this release:
 
- Simon Hengel
- Mark Lentczner
- Ian Lynagh
- Simon Marlow
- Simon Peyton-Jones
- Thomas Schilling
- David Waern
+Tobias Brandt
+Mark Lentczner
+Ian Lynagh
+Simon Marlow
+Simon Michael
+Ryan Newton
+David Waern
 
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