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Posted to svn@forrest.apache.org by cr...@apache.org on 2004/09/30 05:04:18 UTC

svn commit: rev 47528 - forrest/trunk/etc

Author: crossley
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:04:17 2004
New Revision: 47528

Modified:
   forrest/trunk/etc/announcement-0.6.txt
Log:
Add some features. Tweak the layout and text.


Modified: forrest/trunk/etc/announcement-0.6.txt
==============================================================================
--- forrest/trunk/etc/announcement-0.6.txt	(original)
+++ forrest/trunk/etc/announcement-0.6.txt	Wed Sep 29 20:04:17 2004
@@ -2,18 +2,23 @@
     announce@apache.org, announcements@xml.apache.org
 Subject: [Announce] Apache Forrest 0.6
 
-The Apache Software Foundation is pleased to announce Apache Forrest 0.6
+Apache Forrest is pleased to release version 0.6
 http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi
 
-Apache Forrest (http://forrest.apache.org/) is an XML standards-oriented
-project documentation framework built upon Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT
-stylesheets and schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these
-to render the XML source content into a website via command-line, robot
-or as a dynamic web application.
+Apache Forrest is an XML standards-oriented documentation framework
+built upon Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT stylesheets and schemas,
+images and other resources. Forrest uses these to render the source
+content into a website via command-line, robot, or dynamic application.
+http://forrest.apache.org/
 
-New features include:
+New features in this version include:
 
- [ add some significant features here ]
+* Uses all resources in-place. No more copying to a separate build space
+and so no need to back-copy your changes.
+* Project sitemaps get the first chance at processing, then pass-through
+to the core sitemaps. Simplifies the management of project sitemaps.
+* New skins use CSS rather than tables. Old skins are deprecated.
+* Forrestbot, the robotic deployer, has been entirely re-written.
 
 Full list of changes: http://forrest.apache.org/changes.html