If someone is using Rakudo*, what are the implications of replacing the compiler with the monthly update? Is it a) a good idea, b) should be harmless c) a waste of time d) a good way to confuse debugging efforts or e) a guaranteed way to bork the installation?
On 10/23/15, Will Coleda <w...@coleda.com> wrote: > On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce the > October > 2015 release of Rakudo Perl 6 #92 “Niceville”. Rakudo is an implementation > of > Perl 6 on the Moar Virtual Machine[^1] and the Java Virtual Machine. > > This is the “Birthday” release of Rakudo Perl 6; It’s the first release > candidate/beta of the compiler for the anticipated 6.0 “Christmas” release. > The “Christmas” release will occur on or about 17 December 2015, assuming > no critical bugs are found between now and then. Please try the release, > your feedback is greatly appreciated. > > The tarball for this release is available from > <http://rakudo.org/downloads/rakudo/>. > > Please note: This announcement is not for the Rakudo Star > distribution[^2] --- it’s announcing a new release of the compiler > only. For the latest Rakudo Star release, see > <http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/>. > > The Rakudo Perl compiler follows a monthly release cycle, with each > release named after a Perl Mongers group. This month’s release is named > after > the Niceville chapter, because it sounds like a wonderful, magical place. > > Some of the changes in this release are outlined below: > > + We are now officially in beta! > + There is now an infix:<.> operator that does method calls with slightly > looser precedence than the postfix unary method call. > + New operator 'infix o' for function composition > + 'fc' for Unicode-correct case folding implemented > + grep now accepts :k, :v, :kv, :p attributes > + 'Supply.throttle' for rate-limiting > + Array.push is now used for pushing one element (mostly); Array.append > exists for pushing multiple values. Same for 'unshift'/'prepend' > + Basic arithmetic operations ('+', '*', '-', '/') on Range objects > that shift or scale the end points while maintaining exclusions > + The v notation now allows alphabetic components: v1.2.beta. > (Incompatible > because method calls on a version must be protected by \ or () now.) > + 'use v6b+;' notation is now recognized and enforced > + Many built-in methods that return iterables are now much faster > + Better error messages when comparing version strings with numbers > + Several error messages that were lacking line numbers now include them > > These are only some of the changes in this release. For a more > detailed list, see “docs/ChangeLog”. > > The development team thanks all of our contributors and sponsors for > making Rakudo Perl possible, as well as those people who worked on > the design docs, the Perl 6 test suite, MoarVM and the specification. > > The following people contributed to this release: > > Elizabeth Mattijsen, Larry Wall, Jonathan Worthington, Pawel Murias, > Christian Bartolomäus, Tobias Leich, Stefan Seifert, Will "Coke" > Coleda, Pepe Schwarz, Francois Perrad, skids, Rob Hoelz, Faye > Niemeyer, Moritz Lenz, Jimmy Zhuo, Timo Paulssen, Stéphane Payrard, > cygx, Nick Logan, Solomon Foster, tony-o, Bart Wiegmans, Steve Mynott, > diakopter, niner, Tokuhiro Matsuno, Carl Mäsak, Nicholas Clark, > thundergnat, Jonathan Scott Duff, Shoichi Kaji, sue spence, David > Warring > > If you would like to contribute or find out more information, visit > <http://perl6.org>, <http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on the > <perl6-compi...@perl.org> mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6 on freenode. > > The next release of Rakudo (#93), is scheduled for 19 November 2015. > A list of the other planned release dates and code names for future > releases is available in the “docs/release_guide.pod” file. A Rakudo > development release typically occurs a few days (often two) after the > third Tuesday of each month. > > The development team appreciates feedback! If you’re using Rakudo, do > get back to us. Questions, comments, suggestions for improvements, cool > discoveries, incredible hacks, or any other feedback -- get in touch with > us through (the above-mentioned) mailing list or IRC channel. Enjoy! > > [^1]: See <http://moarvm.org/> > > [^2]: What’s the difference between the Rakudo compiler and the Rakudo > Star distribution? > > The Rakudo compiler is a compiler for the Perl 6 language. > Not much more. > > The Rakudo Star distribution is the Rakudo compiler plus a selection > of useful Perl 6 modules, a module installer, the most recent > incarnation of the “Using Perl 6” book, and other software that can > be used with the Rakudo compiler to enhance its utility. Rakudo Star > is meant for early adopters who wish to explore what’s possible with > Rakudo Perl 6 and provide feedback on what works, what doesn’t, and > what else they would like to see included in the distribution. > > -- > Will "Coke" Coleda >
