From 213e5fd5f6a1dee15539544a91a4d8a2efc4dc83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:53:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update, link announcement --- doc/ANNOUNCE | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- site/release-notes.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCE b/doc/ANNOUNCE index 4cab88360..469918a73 100644 --- a/doc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/doc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ -I'm very pleased to announce hledger 1.5. -A big thank you to the release contributors: +Happy New Year all! I'm very pleased to announce hledger 1.5. + +hledger (http://hledger.org) is a reliable, cross-platform program for +tracking money, time or other commodities, using double-entry +accounting and simple plain text file formats. It provides +command-line, curses and web interfaces, and aims to be a pleasant and +practical tool for personal, business or institutional use. + +A big thank you to the release contributors: + Dmitry Astapov, Mykola Orliuk, Eli Flanagan, @@ -11,24 +19,20 @@ Mick Dekkers, Nadrieril, Alvaro Fernando García. -The next major release is scheduled for 2018/03/31. +In 2017, four quarter-end releases were shipped on schedule, +and our feature set, marketing reach and contributor activity +continue to grow. The next release is scheduled for 2018/03/31. -What is hledger ? ------------------ - -hledger (http://hledger.org) is an evolving, reliable, cross-platform -program for tracking money, time, or any other commodity, using -double-entry accounting and a simple plain text file format. It is a -haskell reimplementation of Ledger and the plain text accounting -concept, providing command-line, curses and web interfaces. hledger -aims to be a pleasant and practical tool for personal, business or -institutional finance and time tracking. +New users and contributors are always welcome! Give feedback, report +bugs, send pull requests, write about it, etc. And if you have been +finding hledger useful, consider becoming a sponsor or donor to help +to sustain and accelerate our progress (see home page). +Our IRC channel is #hledger on Freenode (http://irc.hledger.org). What's new ? ------------ -The full release notes are at http://hledger.org/release-notes#hledger-1.5 . -Some highlights: +Some highlights from the release notes at http://hledger.org/release-notes#hledger-1.5 : * Ledger-style automated posting rules to modify transactions, enabled with --auto flag @@ -46,18 +50,17 @@ Some highlights: * commodity or default commodity directives give more control over display precision and decimal point/digit group separator +Get started +----------- -Getting started ---------------- - -See http://hledger.org/download for all install methods. -Windows users can download nightly binaries. -On other platforms, you may need to build the latest release yourself. -The easiest and most reliable way is to run the hledger install script. -This requires only bash and will install the hledger tools in $HOME/.local/bin/. -(It uses an installed cabal or stack if possible, otherwise installs -stack and GHC in $HOME/.local/bin and $HOME/.stack/). -Here's the responsible way to run it: +See http://hledger.org/download for all install methods. Windows +users can download nightly binaries. On other platforms, you may need +to build the latest release yourself. The easiest and most reliable +way is to run the hledger install script. This requires only bash and +will install the hledger tools in $HOME/.local/bin/. (It uses an +installed cabal or stack if possible, otherwise installs stack and GHC +in $HOME/.local/bin and $HOME/.stack/). Here's the responsible way to +run it: $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonmichael/hledger/master/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh $ less hledger-install.sh # (do security review) @@ -76,9 +79,10 @@ or: $ cabal update $ cabal install hledger-1.5 # hledger-ui-1.5 hledger-web-1.5 hledger-api-1.5 etc. -Note: building haskell apps can take significant time, memory, and disk space, especially the first time. -You can kill and restart the installer without losing progress. -If it fails, please help us improve it by reporting the full output. +Note: building haskell apps can take significant time, memory, and +disk space, especially the first time. You can kill and restart the +installer without losing progress. If it fails, please help us +improve it by reporting the full output. After installation, ensure $HOME/.local/bin is in your $PATH. Now try some commands: @@ -96,9 +100,7 @@ and http://plaintextaccounting.org Or say hello and ask questions in the #hledger IRC channel on Freenode: http://irc.hledger.org -If you have been finding hledger useful, I invite you to become a -sponsor or donor to make it stronger (see home page). -Also give feedback, report bugs, send pull requests, write about it, -etc. Thanks for your help! + +Wishing you a highly prosperous and serene 2018, -Simon diff --git a/site/release-notes.md b/site/release-notes.md index ceaded67e..91f1f1507 100644 --- a/site/release-notes.md +++ b/site/release-notes.md @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ h4 { margin-top:2em; } *** *** - +([announcement](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hledger/CyNifndzZxk)) Release contributors: Dmitry Astapov,