version 0.9.4

compiler/nversion.nim

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #           The Nimrod Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const
   defaultAsmMarkerSymbol* = '!'
   VersionMajor* = 0
   VersionMinor* = 9
-  VersionPatch* = 3
+  VersionPatch* = 4
   VersionAsString* = $VersionMajor & "." & $VersionMinor & "." & $VersionPatch
 
-  RodFileVersion* = "1214"       # modify this if the rod-format changes!
+  RodFileVersion* = "1215"       # modify this if the rod-format changes!
 

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)
+Starting with 0.9.4 we now advise people to build directly from the
+github `master <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod#compiling>`_ branch::
 
-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
+  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.

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