=head2 Welcome
-SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL).
+SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer (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>
+'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
-To begin using SDL Perl read the tutorials and documentation.
+A new SDL::Manual is being prepared for new users. In the mean time take a look at the documentation, ask for help on the mailing lists or irc channel, and see the examples in the source code.
=head3 Contribute
Send us an email at L<mailing list| mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org>.
-=item Testing and Development
-
-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
+Our archives are located at L<mail-archive | http://www.mail-archive.com/sdl-devel@perl.org/> and L<nntp.perl | http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.sdl.devel>.
-=head2 Feb 01 2010 2009
+We also have a L<rssfeed | http://www.nntp.perl.org/rss/perl.sdl.devel.rdf>.
-=head3 CPAN Release
-
+For help send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-help@perl.org| mailto:sdl-devel-help@perl.org>.
-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>.
+To subscribe to the mailing lists send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org| mailto:sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org>.
-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.
+To unsubscribe send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org | mailto:sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org>.
+=item Testing and Development
-=head3 Active Development
+Join us on the github L<site| http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL> to get started on making and grabbing tickets.
-SDL Perl is being actively developed to v3.0. The process is as below:
+To begin testing read L<the wiki page on testing| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl/wiki/Testing>.
-=over
+=back
-=item v2.4 SDL_Image, SDL_Net, SDL_Pango, SDL_TTF, SDL_GFX & SDL_Mixer Support
+=head1 Latest News
-SDL_Image is done now at 2.3_2 (Dec 07th, 2009)
+=head2 December 26th 2010
-SDL_GFX is in the works
+=head3 CPAN Release SDL 2.524
+
+L<SDL 2.524|http://search.cpan.org/search?query=SDL&mode=module> is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out.
-SDL_Net is up next
+SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of its kind which will have the old API.
-Provide dependecies for FrozenBubble migration to CPAN.
+=head3 SDL Manual: Writing Games with SDL Perl
-=item v2.5 ??? MultiThreading and Other Third Party Libraries
+The grant L<proposal| http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html> has been accepted by L<The Perl Foundation|http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html>. SDL_Manual is in continous development on L<github|http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual>.
-This release is undecided as of now. Please talk to us on the Channel or Make Tickets
+More up to date versions of the books are also available in L<HTML| https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.html> and L<PDF| https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.pdf> formats.
-2.3_5 adds more Threaded Timer support
+=head3 Active Development
-=back
+SDL Perl is being actively developed to v3.0. We are adding many new SDLx::* modules to provide a more Perly interface to SDL. Please review, request or even hack the code. Talk to us on the irc channel or mailing lists.
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