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 Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.  Note that you
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-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):
@@ -46,14 +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):