Make `scm_i_ensure_signal_delivery_thread' call in Guile mode.

[bpt/guile.git] / README

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+++ b/README
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-!!! This is not a Guile release; it is a source tree retrieved via
-Git or as a nightly snapshot at some random time after the
-Guile 1.8 release.  If this were a Guile release, you would not see
-this message. !!!  [fixme: zonk on release]
-
-This is a 1.9 development version of Guile, Project GNU's extension
-language library.  Guile is an interpreter for Scheme, packaged as a
-library that you can link into your applications to give them their
-own scripting language.  Guile will eventually support other languages
-as well, giving users of Guile-based applications a choice of
-languages.
-
-Guile versions with an odd middle number, i.e. 1.9.* are unstable
-development versions.  Even middle numbers indicate stable versions.
-This has been the case since the 1.3.* series.
-
-The next stable release will likely be version 2.0.0.
+This is version 2.0 of Guile, Project GNU's extension language library.
+Guile is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, packaged
+as a library that can be linked into applications to give them their own
+extension language.  Guile supports other languages as well, giving
+users of Guile-based applications a choice of languages.
 
 Please send bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.
 
-See the LICENSE file for the specific terms that apply to Guile.
+See the LICENSE file for the specific terms that apply to Guile.  Note
+that for any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this
+package, the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.
 
 
 Additional INSTALL instructions ===========================================
@@ -326,10 +316,9 @@ Example:
 
 Guile Documentation ==================================================
 
-If you've never used Scheme before, then the Guile Tutorial
-(guile-tut.info) is a good starting point.  The Guile Reference Manual
-(guile.info) is the primary documentation for Guile.  A copy of the
-R5RS Scheme specification is included too (r5rs.info).
+The Guile Reference Manual (guile.info) is the primary documentation for
+Guile.  A copy of the R5RS Scheme specification is included too
+(r5rs.info).
 
 Info format versions of this documentation are installed as part of
 the normal build process.  The texinfo sources are under the doc