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[wwwdocs] Polish our page on releases a bit.

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Gerald Pfeifer Jan. 20, 2020, 10:38 a.m. UTC 
We now require a C++ compiler to bootstrap. Short some text here and
there.

Pushed.
Gerald

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 htdocs/releases.html | 22 +++++++++-------------
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diff --git a/htdocs/releases.html b/htdocs/releases.html
index c7a9bf1c..30b777f4 100644
--- a/htdocs/releases.html
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@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ 
 
 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
 
-<p>Source code for GCC releases may be downloaded from our
+<p>GCC releases may be downloaded from our
 <a href="mirrors.html">mirror sites</a>.</p>
 
-<p><em>Important: because these are source releases, they will be
-of little use to you if you do not already have a C compiler on your
-machine.</em>  If you don't already have a compiler, you need pre-compiled
-binaries.
-Our <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html">binaries page</a>
-has references to pre-compiled binaries for various platforms.</p>
+<p><em>Important: these are source releases, so will be of little
+use if you do not already have a C++ compiler installed.</em>
+As one option, there are
+<a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html">pre-compiled
+binaries.</a> for various platforms.</p>
 
 <p>You can also retrieve the current development sources
 <a href="svn.html">using SVN</a>.</p>
@@ -29,12 +28,9 @@  has references to pre-compiled binaries for various platforms.</p>
 
 <h2 id="timeline">GCC Timeline</h2>
 
-<p>The table is sorted by date.  Note that starting with version 3.3.4,
-we provide bug releases for older release branches for those users
-who require a very high degree of stability.</p>
-
-<p>Please refer to our <a href="develop.html#timeline">development plan</a>
-for future releases, and an alternative view of the release history.</p>
+<p>The table is sorted by date.  Please refer to our
+<a href="develop.html#timeline">development plan</a> for future
+releases and an alternative view of the release history.</p>
 
 <table class="padding5">
 <tr><th>Release</th><th>Release date</th></tr>