[project @ 1997-11-13 12:10:32 by simonm]

update to version 2.08

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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
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+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.08
+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.09
 	    ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 2.08. Source distribution is freely available
+Compiler (GHC), version 2.09. 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
@@ -14,9 +14,28 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-Release 2.08 is a bug-fix release.  It addresses some of the bugs
-discovered in 2.07.  A detailed list of changes can be found in the
-Users' Guide.
+Release 2.09 contains some library changes that may break programs
+using glasgow extensions.  The main points:
+
+	* PrimIO has been removed, replaced by IO in all places
+	  (including the type of C calls).
+	* The types of IO and ST have changed, to make them more
+	  efficient.  This won't bite you unless you go digging
+	  around in the IO or ST monads, which you shouldn't...
+	* Several extension libraries have been moved to be
+	  compatible with Hugs.  See 
+
+		ftp://haskell.org/pub/reid/libs971028/libs.html
+	
+	  for the definitions of the new libraries.
+	* Several of the interfaces exported by GlaExts are deprecated,
+	  as they have been moved into common libraries (ST for instance).
+	  GlaExts will eventually contain only extensions that are
+	  exclusive to GHC.
+
+We've also fixed several bugs, one space leak, and added better
+handling of warnings (-W, -Wall and -Wnot flags).  As usual, see the
+release notes in the Users' Guide for the full story.
 
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