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doc/NEWS.txt

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+.. _NEWS:
+
+=============
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Theano 0.1
+==========
+
+*Release date: 2009-04-01*
+
+What works
+----------
+
+- building symbolic expression.
+- arranging symbolic expressions into Modules so that multiple functions
+  can work on the same data.
+- symbolic gradient descent.
+- graph optimization.
+- compilation to C for many kinds of expression.
+- a debugging mode that checks that your expression results are correct,
+  using a variety of sanity checks.
+
+What's missing?
+---------------
+
+- An algorithm library. We're missing a library of examples and standard
+  component implementations.  Some examples will find their way into
+  the Theano repo, but standard algorithms will go into the 'pylearn'
+  project (toolbox style). Now that we have a stable foundation, we
+  can arrive at a consensus on style for algorithms.

doc/conf.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
 
 # List of directories, relative to source directories, that shouldn't be searched
 # for source files.
-exclude_dirs = ['images', 'trac']
+exclude_dirs = ['images', 'scripts', 'trac']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
 #default_role = None

doc/contents.txt

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    glossary
    links
    internal/index
+   NEWS
 
 
 ..   examples/index

doc/index.txt

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 Theano is a Python library that allows you to define, optimize, and
 efficiently evaluate mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional
-arrays. Using Theano, it is not uncommon to see speed improvements of
-ten-fold over using pure NumPy.
+arrays.
 
 The latest release is version `0.1
 <http://pylearn.org/theano/downloads/Theano-0.1.tar.gz>`_.
@@ -14,7 +13,13 @@ You can download the latest `PDF documentation
 <http://pylearn.org/theano/theano.pdf>`_, rather than reading it online.
 You can go to the :ref:`Table of Contents <contents>`.
 
-Or, you can choose your own adventure...
+News
+----
+
+ * 2009-04-01: Theano 0.1 released. See the :ref:`release notes <NEWS>`.
+
+Choose your own adventure...
+----------------------------
 
 * You have no idea what Theano is and you read the :ref:`introduction
   <introduction>`.