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(begin
  (use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
  `((title . "GNU Guix 0.2 released")
    (author . "Ludovic Courtès")
    (date unquote (make-date 0 0 0 0 12 5 2013 7200))
    (content
      div
      (p "The second alpha release of "
         (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix"))
            "GNU Guix")
         " is available.  It comes with a number of new features, notably:"
         (br))
      (ul (li "The "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html"))
                 "\"guix package\"")
              " command supports upgrades of user profiles and full-text package searches.\n")
          (li "Binary packages are "
              (a (@ (href "http://hydra.gnu.org:3000/jobset/gnu/master"))
                 "continuously built")
              " and may be transparently downloaded as \"substitutes\" to the result of a local build.\n")
          (li "The new "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-pull.html"))
                 "\"guix pull\"")
              " command updates the user's copy of Guix and its distro from Git.\n")
          (li "New Scheme interfaces are available to facilitate package management in various ways.\n"))
      (p "The distribution has grown to more than 400 packages; noteworthy additions include Xorg and TeXLive."
         (br))
      (p "See the "
         (a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-05/msg00034.html"))
            "original announcement")
         " for more information."
         (br)))))