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-New since 2009-02 release
-
+New in 2009-03 release (#15, "Oslo")
 + implemented $*PROGRAM_NAME magical variable
 + outer lexicals are now visible in eval()
 + next, last etc. work in grep()
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ New since 2009-02 release
 + more methods and functions moved to (Perl 6) setting
 + many other bug fixes
 
-
 New in 2009-02 release (#14, "Vienna")
 + first release independent of Parrot releases
 + passing 7076 spectests (+796 since 2009-01 release)

diff --git a/docs/announce/2009-03 b/docs/announce/2009-03
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+Announce: Rakudo Perl development release #15 ("Oslo") 
+
+On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I'm pleased to announce
+the March 2009 development release of Rakudo Perl #15 "Oslo".
+Rakudo is an implementation of Perl 6 on the Parrot Virtual Machine [1].
+The tarball for the March 2009 release is available from
+
+    http://www.pmichaud.com/perl6/rakudo-2009-03.tar.gz
+
+However, because of the rapid pace of Rakudo development and addition
+of new features, we still recommend that people wanting to use or work
+with Rakudo obtain the latest version directly from the main repository
+at github -- more on this in a bit.
+
+Rakudo Perl follows a monthly release cycle, with each release code named 
+after a Perl Mongers group.  This release is named "Oslo" in honor of 
+the organizers of the 2009 Nordic Perl Workshop [2], April 16-17, 2009.  
+The 2009 Nordic Perl Workshop will have a special focus on Perl 6, 
+Rakudo Perl, and Parrot, including Perl 6 tutorials and hackathons 
+after the conference itself.
+
+A list of the other planned release dates and codenames for 2009 is 
+available in the "docs/release_guide.pod" file.  In general, Rakudo 
+development releases are scheduled to occur two days after each 
+Parrot monthly release.  Parrot releases the third Tuesday of each month.
+
+Rakudo Perl now uses git [3] for its version control system, hosted 
+at http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo .  The README file there is kept 
+up-to-date with the latest instructions for obtaining and building 
+Rakudo Perl.
+
+In this release of Rakudo Perl, we've made the following major changes
+and improvements:
+
+* Rakudo is now passing 7273 spectests.  This is an increase of 197 
+  passing tests since the February 2009 release.
+
+* The eval() construct now understands lexical variables from an
+  outer scope.
+
+* More of the builtin functions ("settings") are being written in Perl 6.
+
+* Rakudo supports the "R" (reverse) metaoperator.
+
+* Parsing of if, unless, while, until, etc. statements after blocks
+  now works correctly.
+
+* The Q quote operator is now implemented, along with several adverbial
+  forms.  In particular, the Q:PIR form allows inline PIR to be
+  included in Perl 6 code.
+
+* Multi-method dispatch now works with inheritance also.
+
+The development team thanks all of our contributors and sponsors for
+making Rakudo Perl possible.  The next release of Rakudo (#16) is
+scheduled for April 23, 2009.
+
+
+References:
+[1]  Parrot, http://parrot.org/
+[2]  Nordic Perl Workshop 2009, http://www.perlworkshop.no/npw2009/
+[3]  Git version control system, http://git-scm.org/
diff --git a/docs/release_guide.pod b/docs/release_guide.pod
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ part of monthly Parrot releases.
 =head2 Development releases
 
   2009-02-26   Rakudo #14 "Vienna"
+  2009-03-20   Rakudo #15 "Oslo"
 
 =head2 Planned 2009 releases
 
 Dates are based on Parrot's expected release schedule.
 
-  2009-03-18   Rakudo #15 "Oslo"
   2009-04-23   Rakudo #16 
   2009-05-21   Rakudo #17 
   2009-06-18   Rakudo #18 (likely "Pittsburgh")
   2009-07-23   Rakudo #19
   2009-08-20   Rakudo #20
-  2009-09-24   Rakudo #21
+  2009-09-17   Rakudo #21
   2009-10-22   Rakudo #22
   2009-11-19   Rakudo #23
   2009-12-17   Rakudo #24