From f94de078428734690fda656996f15bc671df46f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Waern Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:33:43 +0000 Subject: Update ANNOUNCE --- ANNOUNCE | 74 +++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) (limited to 'ANNOUNCE') diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 17fafc63..d06508c0 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,65 +1,29 @@ -------------------------------------------- --- Haddock 2.8.0 +-- Haddock 2.9.0 -------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------- --- 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 -------------------------------------------- -- 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 -------------------------------------------- -- Get Involved -- cgit v1.2.3