Author: David Schneider <[email protected]> Branch: Changeset: r65549:2048a6b6e296 Date: 2013-07-23 12:01 +0200 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/2048a6b6e296/
Log: start writing the announcement for the 2.1 beta2 diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-2.1.0-beta2.rst b/pypy/doc/release-2.1.0-beta2.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/pypy/doc/release-2.1.0-beta2.rst @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +=============== +PyPy 2.1 beta 2 +=============== + +We're pleased to announce the second beta of the upcoming 2.1 release of PyPy. +This beta does not add any new features to the 2.1 release but contains several bugfixes. + +Highlights +========== + +* On packaging compile the CFFI tk extension. + +* Fixed issue `1533`_: fix an RPython-level OverflowError for space.float_w(w_big_long_number). + +* Fixed issue `1552`_: GreenletExit should inherit from BaseException + +* Fixed issue `1537`_: numpypy __array_interface__ + +* Fixed issue `1238`_: Writing to an SSL socket in pypy sometimes failed with a "bad write retry" message. + +* `distutils`_: copy CPython's implementation of customize_compiler, dont call + split on environment variables, honour CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDSHARED and + LDFLAGS. + +.. _`1533`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1533 +.. _`1552`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1552 +.. _`1537`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1537 +.. _`1238`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1238 +.. _`distutils`: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/src/0c6eeae0316c11146f47fcf83e21e24f11378be1/?at=distutils-cppldflags + + +What is PyPy? +============= + +PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for +CPython 2.7.3. It's fast due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler. + +This release supports x86 machines running Linux 32/64, Mac OS X 64 or Windows +32. Also this release supports ARM machines running Linux 32bit - anything with +``ARMv6`` (like the Raspberry Pi) or ``ARMv7`` (like Beagleboard, +Chromebook, Cubieboard, etc.) that supports ``VFPv3`` should work. + +Windows 64 work is still stalling, we would welcome a volunteer +to handle that. + +How to use PyPy? +================ + +We suggest using PyPy from a `virtualenv`_. Once you have a virtualenv +installed, you can follow instructions from `pypy documentation`_ on how +to proceed. This document also covers other `installation schemes`_. + +.. _`pypy documentation`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-using-virtualenv +.. _`virtualenv`: http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/ +.. _`installation schemes`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-pypy +.. _`PyPy and pip`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-pypy + + +Cheers, +The PyPy Team. _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
