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 =head2 Welcome
 
+SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL).
+
+'Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."' --L<www.libsdl.org>
+
 SDL Perl is an active and exciting project with many facets. Explore this website to learn more. 
 
 =head3 Getting Started
@@ -16,43 +20,56 @@ To begin using SDL Perl read the tutorials and documentation.
 
 =item IRC
 
-Talk to us on channel #sdl.
+Talk to us on channel L<#sdl|http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=89f140215d60860684cee2f6a917607f&server=irc.perl.org&channel=%23sdl> .
 
 =item Mailing List
 
-Send us an email at sdl-devel@perl.org.
+Send us an email at L<mailing list| mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org>.
 
 =item Testing and Development
 
-Join us on the development wiki. 
+Join us on the trac L<site| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl> to get started on making and grabing tickets. 
+
+To begin testing read L<this| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl/wiki/Testing>.
 
 =back
 
 =head1 Latest News
 
-=head2 November 13th 2009
+=head2 Feb 22 2010
 
 =head3 CPAN Release
        
+
+L<SDL 2.3_5(Alpha)|http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore> is on CPAN. The new API has many changes, read the L<release notes|http://sdl.perl.org/blog-0001.html>. 
+
 SDL Perl is v2.2.6 on CPAN. The last of it's kind. This is the last release which will have the old API. 
 
+
 =head3 Active Development
 
 SDL Perl is being actively developed to v3.0. The process is as below:
 
+=head3 TODO
+
 =over
 
-=item v2.3 100% Core of SDL C API migrated without MultiThreading 
+=item Release 2.3_7
+
+ Mixer Docs, tests, and XS
 
-MultiThreading is doable with this release but will be focused on later
+=item Release 2.3_8
 
-=item v2.4 SDL_Net, SDL_Pango, SDL_TTF & SDL_Mixer Support
+ TTF Docs, tests and XS
 
-SDL_Net due to interest in bring POE/AnyEvent to SDL, SDL_Pango to support the new FrozenBubble migration. 
+=item Release 2.3_9
 
-=item v2.5 ??? MultiThreading and Other Third Party Libraries
+ Pango Docs, tests and XS
 
-This release is undecided as of now. Please talk to us on the Channel or Make Tickets
+=item Release 2.4.5
+  
+  Sugar for Core SDL objects
+  Make SDL work with Frozen Bubble
 
 =back