HISTORY and NEWS for v4.0alpha1 tag

HISTORY

+2013-02-05
+v4.0alpha1 - the documentation has started to take shape, and the modules
+        docstring is now in a stable condition. The module *should* be useful
+	for everyday use, but testing is incomplete, and some documentation is
+	still missing.
+
 2013-01-26
 v0.14 - the linear programming code has been finalised, however there is currently no way to turn of the progress status of the
 	lp solver from the cvxopt module. One unit test has been written. To use linear programming method:

NEWS

+2013-02-05
+The first alpha release of v4.0 will be tagged today, which indicates that the
+documentation and testing is starting to approach a level suitable for a final
+release. A 4.0 release date has not been set, but once there are unittests for
+all classes and functions, and the documentation is in a stable state, then it
+can be tagged.
+
 2013-01-26
-The release of v0.14 will be made today. With this all the functionality should be available to use. The initial version release
-of 4.0 will be made once the documentation has been finalised and unit tests have been written to cover all of the classes.
-The first release will be 4.0 to match the MATLAB/Octave/Scilab/R MDP Toolboxes that are available at
+The release of v0.14 will be made today. With this all the functionality should
+be available to use. The initial version release of 4.0 will be made once the
+documentation has been finalised and unit tests have been written to cover all
+of the classes. The first release will be 4.0 to match the MATLAB, Octave, 
+Scilab and R MDP Toolboxes that are available at 
 http://www.inra.fr/mia/T/MDPtoolbox/