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authorAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2014-04-21 09:46:36 +0200
committerAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2014-04-21 09:46:36 +0200
commit7a557013ae71761fd30c7330e104d73b959aeeda (patch)
treee11d326a7b74d24db26704985135639bb836af44 /web
parent80e377b6688213b3cc378d2ad967a5037926732d (diff)
downloadNim-7a557013ae71761fd30c7330e104d73b959aeeda.tar.gz
version 0.9.4
Diffstat (limited to 'web')
-rw-r--r--web/download.txt30
-rw-r--r--web/news.txt8
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/web/download.txt b/web/download.txt
index f638a43b2..a306e516c 100644
--- a/web/download.txt
+++ b/web/download.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
-Here you can download the latest version of the Nimrod Compiler.
-Please choose your platform:
-* source-based installation: `<download/nimrod_0.9.2.zip>`_
-* installer for Windows XP/Vista/7 (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.2.exe>`_
-  (includes GCC and everything else you need)
-* minimal installer for Windows XP/Vista/7 (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_gamera_0.9.2.exe>`_
-  ("Gamera edition": includes only a minimal GCC)
-
-The source-based installation has been tested on these systems:
-* Linux: i386, AMD64, PowerPC, ARM
-* BSD: AMD64
-* Mac OS X: i386, AMD64
-* Solaris: AMD64
-
-Other UNIX-based operating systems may work.
-
-.. include:: ../install.txt
-
+Starting with 0.9.4 we now advise people to build directly from the
+github `master <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod#compiling>`_ branch::
+
+  git clone git://github.com/Araq/Nimrod.git
+  cd Nimrod
+  git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nimrod-code/csources
+  cd csources && sh build.sh
+  cd ..
+  bin/nimrod c koch
+  ./koch boot -d:release
+
+Prebuilt binaries will be available soon.
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index b956386fb..fa1c532e8 100644
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ The Nimrod development community is proud to announce the release of version
 considered beta quality! Lots of new features have been implemented but most
 do not fullfill our quality standards.**
 
+This release can be downloaded from `github <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod>`_.
+Prebuilt binaries will be available soon.
+
 This release includes about 1300 changes in total including various bug
 fixes, new languages features and standard library additions and improvements.
 This release brings with it support for user-defined type classes, a brand
 new VM for executing Nimrod code at compile-time and new symbol binding
 rules for clean templates.
+
 It also introduces support for the brand new
 `Babel package manager <https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel>`_ which
 has itself seen its first release recently. Many of the wrappers that were
@@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   of sockets given to it.
 - The ``noStackFrame`` pragma has been renamed to ``asmNoStackFrame`` to
   ensure you only use it when you know what you're doing.
+- Many of the wrappers that were present in the standard library have been
+  moved to separate repositories and should now be installed using Babel.
 
 
 Compiler Additions
@@ -140,7 +146,6 @@ Compiler Additions
 - Arrays can be annotated to be ``unchecked`` for easier low level
   manipulations of memory.
 - Support for the new Babel package manager.
-- Added support for builtin ``spawn`` for easy thread pool usage.
 
 
 Language Additions
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ Language Additions
   of an outer proc.
 - The experimental ``strongSpaces`` parsing mode has been implemented.
 - You can annotate pointer types with regions for increased type safety.
+- Added support for the builtin ``spawn`` for easy thread pool usage.
 
 
 Tools improvements