[m-rev.] diff: update web pages for new release

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Tue Dec 24 17:20:38 AEDT 2002


On 24-Dec-2002, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Update the web site for release 0.11.

I missed a few.

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Estimated hours taken: 1
Branches: main

Makefile:
w3/download/include/release.inc:
	Update for the new release (0.11.0).

w3/news/newsdb.inc:
	Announce the new release.

Workspace: /home/ceres/fjh/mercury
Index: w3/download/include/release.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/download/include/release.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -d -r1.26 release.inc
--- w3/download/include/release.inc	20 Jun 2002 07:04:34 -0000	1.26
+++ w3/download/include/release.inc	24 Dec 2002 06:04:26 -0000
@@ -49,25 +49,23 @@
 ?>
 <h2><a name="info">Current Release</a></h2>
 
-Mercury 0.10.1 was released on April 4, 2001.
-<p>
-Mercury 0.10 was released on February 25, 2001.
+Mercury 0.11.0 was released on Dec 24, 2002.
 <p>
-The NEWS file, detailing differences since the release of 0.9.1,
-is available <a href="release-0.10.html">here</a>.
+The NEWS file, detailing differences since the release of 0.10.1,
+is available <a href="release-0.11.html">here</a>.
 <p>
 
 <h3>Information</h3>
 
 <ul>
-<li> <a href = "release-0.10.html">
-     Release notes for 0.10.1 and 0.10
+<li> <a href = "release-0.11.html">
+     Release notes for 0.11.0
      </a>
-<li> <a href = "release-0.10-contents.html">
-     Contents of release 0.10.1 distribution
+<li> <a href = "release-0.11-contents.html">
+     Contents of release 0.11.0 distribution
      </a>
-<li> <a href = "release-0.10-bugs.html">
-     Known problems with release 0.10.1
+<li> <a href = "release-0.11-bugs.html">
+     Known problems with release 0.11.0
      </a>
 <li> <a href = "limitations.html">
      Limitations of the current release.
@@ -83,12 +81,13 @@
 <ul>
     <li> x86 machines running Debian Linux 
     <li> x86 machines running SuSE Linux 
-    <li> x86 machines running Microsoft Windows 95
     <li> x86 machines running Microsoft Windows 2000
          (this release also includes
 	 <a href="<?echo $root?>/dotnet.html">preliminary support for .NET</a>)
     <li> Sun SPARC machines running Solaris 2.x and SunOS 5.x
     <li> DEC Alpha machines running OSF/1 (Digital Unix)
+    <li> DEC Alpha machines running Linux
+    <li> Apple PowerMac machines running Mac OS 10
 </ul>
 
 <p>
@@ -100,14 +99,13 @@
 
 <ul>
     <li> x86 machines running other versions of Microsoft Windows
-         (98, 98SE, ME, NT)
+         (95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, XP)
     <li> x86 machines running other versions of Linux
          (however, there are some known problems with the version of GNU C
 	 that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.0)
     <li> x86 machines running FreeBSD 3.0
     <li> x86 machines running other BSD Unix systems
     <li> PowerPC machines running Linux
-    <li> DEC Alpha machines running Linux
     <li> Sun SPARC machines running SunOS 4.x
     <li> HP PA machines running HPUX
     <li> IBM RS/6000 machines running AIX
@@ -126,12 +124,11 @@
     <ol>
     <li> <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GNU C (gcc)</a>
          <p>
-         We recommend GCC 2.95.*. Other recent releases may also work.
+         We recommend GCC 2.95.*, 3.1.*, or 3.2.
+	 More recent releases may also work.
          <p>
          GCC 3.0 will NOT work. It has bugs which cause internal compiler
          errors when compiling the C code generated by the Mercury compiler.
-         It should only be used for the Mercury compiler's
-         <a href="<?echo $root?>/download/gcc-backend.html">native-code back-end</a>.
          <p>
          Avoid GCC 2.96 (distributed with Red Hat Linux 7.x) and
          other unofficial releases of GCC.
@@ -159,16 +156,12 @@
      <li> If you want to take a look at our preliminary support for .NET,
           you also need 
 	  <ol>
-	      <li> the Microsoft .NET Beta 1 SDK, available from
+	      <li> the Microsoft .NET SDK version 1, available from
                    <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/">MSDN</a>.
 	           If you are an MSDN Universal subscriber you can
 		   also order CDs as part of your subscription.
 	      <li> A windows system suitable for development with
-	           Microsoft .NET (Windows 2000 is the most likely).
-		   Microsoft advises not to install the .NET Beta 1 SDK
-		   onto a production machine.  Consider using a separate
-		   boot partition, or a virtual environment such as
-		   <a href="http://www.vmware.com">VMWare</a>.  
+	           Microsoft .NET, such as Windows 2000.
 	  </ol>
      </ol>
 </ul>
@@ -189,7 +182,7 @@
 
 The main "mercury-compiler" source distribution is about 10 Mb.
 This includes the compiler, standard library,
-debugger, profiler, and other tools.
+debugger, profilers, and other tools.
 (Note that this does <em>not</em> include all the sources needed to build
 the <a href="<?echo $root?>/download/gcc-backend.html">
 native-code back-end</a>; for that you also need the
@@ -215,7 +208,7 @@
 <dl>
 <dt> Compiler (10 Mb)
 <dd> 
-<? links_to_file("mercury-compiler-0.10.1.tar.gz", "yes") ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-compiler-0.11.0.tar.gz", "yes") ?>
 <p>
 Sunsite also has many 
 <a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html">mirrors</a>.<br>
@@ -226,26 +219,26 @@
 
 <dt> Extras (580 kb)
 <dd>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-extras-0.10.1.tar.gz", "no") ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-extras-0.11.0.tar.gz", "no") ?>
 <p>
 
 <dt> Tests (381 kb)
 <dd>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-tests-0.10.1.tar.gz", "no") ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-tests-0.11.0.tar.gz", "no") ?>
 </dl>
 
 <h3><a name="binaries">Binary Distribution</a></h3>
 
-Binary distributions of Mercury 0.10.1:
+Binary distributions of Mercury 0.11.0:
 <br>
 (Note that some of these URLs will be dangling links until we have
 installed all the binary distributions.)
 <p>
 
 <dl>
-    <dt>x86 machines running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, or 2000.
+    <dt>x86 machines running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, XP, or 2000.
 	<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 20 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-0.10.1.i686-pc-windows-cygwin.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-0.11.0.i686-pc-windows-cygwin.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
 	<p>
 
     <dt>x86 machines running Linux (ELF executable format, libc 6.2)
@@ -257,7 +250,7 @@
 
 	     Debian Package (*.deb) <br>
 	     Compiler only (about 28 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury_0.10.1-1_i386.deb", "no"); ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury_0.11.0-1_i386.deb", "no"); ?>
 	     <br>
 	     If you get this package, we suggest that you also download
 	     the "extras" source distribution.
@@ -265,7 +258,7 @@
 
 	     RedHat Package (*.rpm) <br>
 	     Compiler only (about 28 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-compiler-0.10.1-1.i386.rpm", "no"); ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-compiler-0.11.0-1.i386.rpm", "no"); ?>
 	     <br>
 	     If you get this package, we suggest that you also download
 	     the "extras" source distribution. 
@@ -273,12 +266,12 @@
 
 	     Ordinary package (*.tar.gz) <br>
 	     Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 30 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-0.10.1.i686-pc-linux-libc2.1-gnu-O5.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-0.11.0.i686-pc-linux-libc2.1-gnu-O5.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
 	<p>
 
     <dt>Sun SPARC machines running Solaris 2.x and SunOS 5.6
 	<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 35 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-0.10.1.sparc-sun-solaris2.7.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
+<? links_to_file("mercury-0.11.0.sparc-sun-solaris2.7.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
 	<br>
 	<em> <strong>WARNING:</strong> 
 We've had reports that some users have had trouble untarring some of
@@ -287,10 +280,6 @@
 Sun tar.  If you encounter this problem, then (1) let us know
 and (2) use GNU tar. </em>
 	<p>
-
-    <dt>DEC Alpha machines running OSF/1 or Digital Unix
-	<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 66 Mb): <br>
-<? links_to_file("mercury-0.10.1.alpha-dec-osf3.2.tar.gz", "no"); ?>
 
 </dl>
 
Index: w3/news/newsdb.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/news/newsdb.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.74
diff -u -d -r1.74 newsdb.inc
--- w3/news/newsdb.inc	15 Nov 2002 16:39:35 -0000	1.74
+++ w3/news/newsdb.inc	24 Dec 2002 06:10:10 -0000
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 */
 
 $newsdb = array(
+"24 Dec 2002" => array("Mercury 0.11.0 released",
+
+"Release information is available
+<A HREF=\"./download/release.html\">here</A>."
+),
+
 "12 November 2002" => array("New Paper,",
 
 "We have a new paper available from our 
@@ -149,7 +155,7 @@
 "04 Apr 2001" => array("Mercury 0.10.1 released",
 
 "Release information is available
-<A HREF=\"./download/release.html\">here</A>."
+<A HREF=\"./download/old-release.html\">here</A>."
 ),
 
 "25 Feb 2001" => array("Mercury 0.10 released",
-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh>  |     -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
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