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(begin
  (use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
  `((title . "GNU Guix 0.5 released")
    (author . "Ludovic Courtès")
    (date unquote
          (make-date 0 0 0 0 11 12 2013 3600))
    (content
      div
      (p "We are pleased to announce the fifth alpha release of "
         (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix"))
            "GNU Guix")
         "."
         (br))
      (p "The highlights are:" (br))
      (ul (li "Port to the Loongson MIPS64 processors, using the n32 ABI.\n")
          (li "New "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#The-Store-Monad"))
                 "monad interface")
              " to handle operations on the store.\n")
          (li "New "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#System-Configuration"))
                 "whole-system configuration API")
              ", allowing users to declare and instantiate a machine's settings.\n")
          (li "110 new packages, including \"big ones\" such as "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/"))
                 "GNU IceCat")
              " and hacker's favorites such as "
              (a (@ (href "http://www.markwitmer.com/guile-xcb/guile-wm.html"))
                 "Guile-WM")
              ".  ;-)\n"))
      (p "An updated QEMU virtual machine is provided, featuring Guix 0.5 and "
         (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/dmd"))
            "dmd")
         " 0.1."
         (br))
      (p "See "
         (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-12/msg00061.html"))
            "the original announcement")
         " for details."
         (br)))))