Update release notes file for 2.9.1 release.

Mention 2.9.1-specific stuff; remove obsolete information; update some URLs.

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@65009 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/readme.txt

@@ -1,50 +1,72 @@
-wxWidgets 2.9.x
+               wxWidgets 2.9.1 Release Notes
----------------------------------------------------------
+               =============================
 
-Welcome to wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++ framework for
+Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++
-writing advanced GUI applications using native controls
+framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native
-where possible.
+controls where possible.
 
-In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as
+In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames,
-frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons,
+scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts,
-device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there
+printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common
-are wrappers for common file operations, and facilities for
+file operations, and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications,
-writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
+thread handling, and more.
+
+A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various
+topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at
+http://docs.wxwidgets.org/
+
+
+Note about naming: while 2.9.1 is called a "development" release,
+this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
+the subsequent 2.9.x releases, unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We
+believe the current version is stable and suitable for use in
+production environment.
 
-Where certain features are not available on a platform, such
-as MDI under Unix and OS X, they are emulated.
 
-A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for
-various topics is supplied in various formats and can be
-accessed online.
 
 Changes in this release
 -----------------------
 
-Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.8" in the manual
+This release contains several years worth of improvements compared
-for details.
+to 2.8 version. Notably, Unicode support has been completely
+overhauled and made much easier to use. Debugging support, including
+when using a release build of the library, was much improved making
+it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI
+and base classes have been added or improved.
+
+Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure
+to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade
+from a previous wxWidgets release.
+
+This release introduces many important changes and we are looking
+forward to your feedback about them. In particular please let us
+know about any regressions compared to the previous versions (see
+the section "Bug reporting" below) so that we could fix them before
+3.0 release.
+
 
 Platforms supported
 -------------------
 
-wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms:
+wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms:
 
-- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Pocket PC/Mobile, Smartphone
+- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
-- Most Unix variants using the  GTK+ 2 toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
+- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
-- MacOS OS X (10.4 or newer) using Carbon and some Cocao mix-in
+- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa
 
-There is some support for the followig platforms:
+There is some support for the following platforms:
 
 - Most Unix variants with X11
 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2
-- MacOS 10.x using the Cocoa API
 - OS/2
-- PalmOS
+- Windows CE (Pocket PC)
 
 Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
-file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
+file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) and
-See also http://www.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm.
+http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Supported_Platforms for the most up to
+date status.
+
 
 Files
 -----
@@ -52,22 +74,15 @@ Files
 The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the
 target system. See the download pages for details.
 
+
 Installation
 ------------
 
 wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples
 or write your own applications. For installation information, please
-see the install.txt file in the individual directories:
+see the install.txt file in the docs subdirectory appropriate for
+the platform you use.
 
-  docs/msw
-  docs/gtk
-  docs/motif
-  docs/osx
-  docs/cocoa
-  docs/x11
-  docs/mgl
-  docs/os2
-  docs/palmos
 
 Licence information
 -------------------
@@ -86,7 +101,7 @@ to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, the licence is
 LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted distribution of
 application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you don't have to
 distribute any source if you wish to write commercial
-applications using wxWidgets. 
+applications using wxWidgets.
 
 However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif)
 version of your application, don't forget that it is linked
@@ -97,7 +112,7 @@ against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefully LGPL, section
 applications linked against LGPL library. Basically you should
 link dynamically and include source code of LGPL libraries with
 your product (unless it is already present in user's system -
-like glibc usually is). 
+like glibc usually is).
 
 If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT
 for libtiff licence details.
@@ -113,14 +128,18 @@ file for Henry Spencer's regular expression library copyright.
 
 If you use wxXML classes or XRC, see src/expat/COPYING for licence details.
 
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
+wxWidgets documentation is available online at
+http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.1/ and can also be downloaded in HTML
+format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...)
+please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory.
 
-See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets.
 
-See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
+Bug reporting
+-------------
 
 The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at:
 
@@ -135,10 +154,6 @@ it. We also give much higher priority to bug reports with patches
 fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be
 addressed sooner.
 
-The Windows HTML Help files are located in docs/htmlhelp.
-The Windows Help files are located in docs/winhelp.
-The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
-The HTB (wxWidgets HTML Help) files are located in docs/htb.
 
 Further information
 -------------------
@@ -158,5 +173,5 @@ web site.
 
 Have fun!
 
-The wxWidgets Team, January 2007
+The wxWidgets Team, July 2010