[commit: ghc] ghc-8.0: ANNOUNCE: Mention powerpc code generator (465267d)

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On branch  : ghc-8.0
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/465267d028812690ceeadcd1bdb1ab5a02c6cfdb/ghc

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commit 465267d028812690ceeadcd1bdb1ab5a02c6cfdb
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 14 15:38:49 2016 +0100

    ANNOUNCE: Mention powerpc code generator
    
    (cherry picked from commit 8959b03e0365d8ff016e95cfe7d87d5488cf3a96)


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465267d028812690ceeadcd1bdb1ab5a02c6cfdb
 ANNOUNCE                         | 6 ++++--
 docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 2db475e..c00db3c 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ of major features and numerous bug fixes. These include,
 
  * More reliable DWARF debugging information
 
- * Support for injective type classes
+ * Support for injective type families
 
  * Applicative do-notation
 
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ of major features and numerous bug fixes. These include,
  * A rewritten (and greatly improved) pattern exhaustiveness checker
 
  * GHCi can run the interpreter in a separate process, and the interpreter can
-   now run profiled code.
+   now run profiled code
+
+ * A native code generator for powerpc64 and powerpc64le architectures
 
  * and more!
 
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
index 848e699..6175b39 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.0.1-notes.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The highlights, since the 7.10 branch, are:
 
 - More reliable DWARF debugging information
 
-- Support for :ref:`injective type classes <injective-ty-fams>`
+- Support for :ref:`injective type families <injective-ty-fams>`
 
 - Applicative ``do`` notation (see :ref:`applicative-do`)
 
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ The highlights, since the 7.10 branch, are:
   :ghc-flag:`-fexternal-interpreter` and :ghc-flag:`-prof` (see
   :ref:`ghci-stack-traces`).
 
+- A native code generator for powerpc64 and powerpc64le architectures
+
 - The reworked users guide you are now reading
 
 - Support for Windows XP and earlier has been dropped.



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