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@@ -6,27 +6,54 @@ Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.  Note that you
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 report to it.
 
-Each release reports the NEWS in the following sections:
+\f
+Changes in 1.9.0:
 
-* Changes to the distribution
-* Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
-* Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
-* Changes to the C interface 
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
 
-\f
-Changes in 1.9.XXXXXXXX:
+** The `(ice-9 i18n)' module provides internationalization support
 
 * Changes to the distribution
+
+** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid
+
 * Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
 * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
 
-** A new 'memoize-symbol evaluator trap has been added. This trap can
+** A new 'memoize-symbol evaluator trap has been added.  This trap can
 be used for efficiently implementing a Scheme code coverage.
 
+** Duplicate bindings among used modules are resolved lazily.
+This slightly improves program startup times.
+
 * Changes to the C interface
 
-** Functions for handling scm_option now no longer require an argument
-indicating length of the scm_t_option array.
+** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
+indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
+
+\f
+Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
+
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
+
+** `(srfi srfi-35)'
+** `(srfi srfi-37)'
+
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** The `(ice-9 slib)' module now works as expected
+** Expressions like "(set! 'x #t)" no longer yield a crash
+** Warnings about duplicate bindings now go to stderr
+** A memory leak in `make-socket-address' was fixed
+** Alignment issues (e.g., on SPARC) in network routines were fixed
+** A threading issue that showed up at least on NetBSD was fixed
+** Build problems on Solaris fixed
+
+* Implementation improvements
+
+** The reader is now faster, which reduces startup time
+** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster
+
 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
@@ -46,17 +73,21 @@ Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
 the core bindings got priority, preventing SRFI replacements or
 extensions.)
 ** `regexp-exec' doesn't abort() on #\nul in the input or bad flags arg
-** `kill' on mingw throws an error for a pid other than oneself
+** `kill' on mingw throws an error for a PID other than oneself
 ** Procedure names are attached to procedure-with-setters
 ** Array read syntax works with negative lower bound
 ** `array-in-bounds?' fix if an array has different lower bounds on each index
 ** `*' returns exact 0 for "(* inexact 0)"
 This follows what it always did for "(* 0 inexact)".
 ** SRFI-19: Value returned by `(current-time time-process)' was incorrect
+** SRFI-19: `date->julian-day' did not account for timezone offset
 ** `ttyname' no longer crashes when passed a non-tty argument
 ** `inet-ntop' no longer crashes on SPARC when passed an `AF_INET' address
+** Small memory leaks have been fixed in `make-fluid' and `add-history'
+** GOOPS: Fixed a bug in `method-more-specific?'
 ** Build problems on Solaris fixed
-** Build problems on Mingw fixed
+** Build problems on HP-UX IA64 fixed
+** Build problems on MinGW fixed
 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.1 (since 1.8.0):