-We are pleased to announce the release of Guile 1.7.1. This is a
-'technology preview' for the upcoming Guile 1.8. It can be found
-here:
-
- ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/guile/guile-1.7.1.tar.gz
-
-Its MD5 checksum is
-
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX guile-1.7.1.tar.gz
-
-This version is guaranteed to contain serious bugs, and the publically
-visible interfaces will almost certainly change before 1.8 is
-released. The 1.7 releases might be termed "selected snapshots".
-
-We are releasing it anyway to start testing the new features, and to
-get feedback about how difficult or tedious it is to switch from Guile
-1.6 to this series.
-
-Ideally, you should be able to just link your program with Guile 1.7.1
-instead of with Guile 1.6.x. You will get many warnings about
-deprecated features, but your program should nevertheless run
-correctly. If you find that this is not the case (which is quite
-likely) please do not change your program yet. Instead, report the
-problem to <bug-guile@gnu.org>.
-
-The shared library major versions have been bumped compared to the 1.6
-series, but they will not be bumped on binary incompatible changes
-within the 1.7 series.
-
-
-The NEWS file is quite long. Here are the most spectacular entries in
-a condensed form:
-
- Changes since the 1.6.x series:
-
- - Guile is now licensed with the GNU Lesser General Public License.
-
- - The manual is now licensed with the GNU Free Documentation License.
-
- - We now use GNU MP for bignums.
-
- - We now use native POSIX threads for real concurrent threads.
-
- - There is now support for copy-on-write substrings and
- mutation-sharing substrings.
-
- - We now have exact rationals, such as 1/3.
-
- - A new family of functions for converting between C values and
- Scheme values has been added that is future-proof and thread-safe.
-
- - The INUM macros like SCM_MAKINUM have been deprecated.
-
- - The macros SCM_STRINGP, SCM_STRING_CHARS, SCM_STRING_LENGTH,
- SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, and SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH have been deprecated.
-
- - There is a new way to deal with non-local exits and re-entries in
- C code, which is nicer than scm_internal_dynamic_wind.
-
- - There are new malloc-like functions that work better than
- scm_must_malloc, etc.
-
-and most importantly
-
- - call-with-current-continuation is now also available under the name
- call/cc.
-
-See NEWS and the manual for more details.
+We are pleased to announce the release of Guile 1.8.0. It can be
+found here:
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.0.tar.gz
+
+Its SHA1 checksum is
+
+ 22462680feeda1e5400195c01dee666162503d66 guile-1.8.0.tar.gz
+
+We already know about some issues with 1.8.0, please check the mailing
+lists:
+
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/mail/mail.html
+
+The NEWS file is quite long. Here are the most interesting entries:
+
+ Changes since 1.6:
+
+ * Guile is now licensed with the GNU Lesser General Public License.
+
+ * The manual is now licensed with the GNU Free Documentation License.
+
+ * We now use GNU MP for bignums.
+
+ * We now have exact rationals, such as 1/3.
+
+ * We now use native POSIX threads for real concurrent threads.
+
+ * There is a new way to initalize Guile that allows one to use Guile
+ from threads that have not been created by Guile.
+
+ * Mutexes and condition variables are now always fair. A recursive
+ mutex must be requested explicitly.
+
+ * The low-level thread API has been removed.
+
+ * There is now support for copy-on-write substrings and
+ mutation-sharing substrings.
+
+ * A new family of functions for converting between C values and
+ Scheme values has been added that is future-proof and thread-safe.
+
+ * The INUM macros like SCM_MAKINUM have been deprecated.
+
+ * The macros SCM_STRINGP, SCM_STRING_CHARS, SCM_STRING_LENGTH,
+ SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, and SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH have been deprecated.
+
+ * There is a new way to deal with non-local exits and re-entries in
+ C code, which is nicer than scm_internal_dynamic_wind.
+
+ * There are new malloc-like functions that work better than
+ scm_must_malloc, etc.
+
+ * There is a new way to access all kinds of vectors and arrays from
+ C that is efficient and thread-safe.
+
+ * The concept of dynamic roots has been factored into continuation
+ barriers and dynamic states.
+
+See NEWS and the manual for more details.
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