--- code/trunk/NEWS	2009/04/11 14:22:17	415
+++ code/trunk/NEWS	2009/10/05 10:59:35	461
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 News about PCRE releases
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+Release 8.00 05-Oct-09
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+
+Bugs have been fixed in the library and in pcregrep. There are also some
+enhancements. Restrictions on patterns used for partial matching have been
+removed, extra information is given for partial matches, the partial matching
+process has been improved, and an option to make a partial match override a
+full match is available. The "study" process has been enhanced by finding a
+lower bound matching length. Groups with duplicate numbers may now have
+duplicated names without the use of PCRE_DUPNAMES. However, they may not have
+different names. The documentation has been revised to reflect these changes.
+The version number has been expanded to 3 digits as it is clear that the rate
+of change is not slowing down.
+
+
 Release 7.9 11-Apr-09
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