				IMPORTANT NOTES

1.   This is a beta release of the GNU Sather distribution. It contains the
new required library from Waikato as well as the old components (needed solely
to compile the compiler).

2.   This distribution is complete and tested except for all of the concurrency
classes - which are awaiting assistance from someone!! Of course, one or two
tiny bugs have been left for others to find!

3.   Documentation is still being worked on. The files in doc/ are an incomplete
preview of the language specification being worked on at Waikato.

4.   If you are going to run the test suite for any language other than British
English you should see the README in the test directory.  Things could fail for
incorrect configuration if you don't!

Please test the distribution and send your comments/bugreports to:

    <bug-sather@gnu.org>

We hope to get the whole distribution complete and stable as soon as possible
but we cannot tell how much work that may mean and how long it will take us.
In the meanwhile: have fun with the beta releases...

19 December 2000
