announce MSVC support

diff --git a/doc/news/8.3.0-vs-8.4.0.h b/doc/news/8.3.0-vs-8.4.0.h
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--- a/doc/news/8.3.0-vs-8.4.0.h
+++ b/doc/news/8.3.0-vs-8.4.0.h
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ inconvenience this causes.
   (Wolfgang Bangerth, 2015/11/29)
   </li>
 
+  <li> New: We now experimentally support Microsoft Visual C++ compiler under
+  Windows.
+  <br>
+  (Timo Heister, 2015/11/26)
+  </li>
+
   <li> New: There is now a function template numbers::signaling_nan() that
   is used to create invalid floating point objects. These objects can either
   be scalars, or of type Tensor, SymmetricTensor, or DerivativeForm. The

diff --git a/doc/readme.html b/doc/readme.html
index 393ce342fac05ec1f86081dc605efdeb735330bc..27f46ded1e05f6540a7fb7a998cceec1fc39beba 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/readme.html
+++ b/doc/readme.html
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@
   <li>Mac OS X: GCC version 4.6 or later; Clang version 3.3 or later.
     Please see the <a href="https://github.com/dealii/dealii/wiki/MacOSX"
     target="_top">deal.II Wiki</a> for installation instructions.</li>
-  <li>Windows: Currently, Windows is not supported officially.
+  <li>Windows: experimental support for Visual Studio 2013 and 2015.
     Please have a look at the
     <a href="https://github.com/dealii/dealii/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#can-i-use-dealii-on-a-windows-platform">
       FAQ</a> and at the <a href="https://github.com/dealii/dealii/wiki/Windows"
-    target="_top">deal.II Wiki</a> for some strategies to use deal.II on
-    Windows.</li>
+    target="_top">deal.II Wiki</a> for more information and alternative solutions.</li>
   </li>
 </ul>