Author: Philip Jenvey <[email protected]> Branch: pypy3-release-2.1.x Changeset: r65809:5b4971cbfc45 Date: 2013-07-29 23:56 -0700 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/5b4971cbfc45/
Log: mention arm too, other edits diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-pypy3-2.1.0-beta1.rst b/pypy/doc/release-pypy3-2.1.0-beta1.rst --- a/pypy/doc/release-pypy3-2.1.0-beta1.rst +++ b/pypy/doc/release-pypy3-2.1.0-beta1.rst @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ================== We're pleased to announce the first beta of the upcoming 2.1.0 release of -PyPy3. This is the first release of PyPy which targets Python 3.2 +PyPy3. This is the first release of PyPy which targets Python 3 (3.2.3) compatibility. We would like to thank all of the people who donated_ to the `py3k proposal`_ @@ -17,30 +17,25 @@ ========== * The first release of PyPy3: support for Python 3, targetting CPython 3.2.3! - Albeit with a few missing features: - - The stdlib test_memoryview includes some failing tests (marked to - skip) and test_multiprocessing is known to deadlock on some - platforms + - There are some `known issues`_ including performance regressions (issues + `#1540`_ & `#1541`_) slated to be resolved before the final release. - - There are some known performance regressions (issues `#1540`_ & - `#1541`_) slated to be resolved before the final release - - - NumPyPy is currently disabled - -What is PyPy3? +What is PyPy? ============== -PyPy3 is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for -CPython 3.2.3. It's fast due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler. +PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for +CPython 2.7.3 or 3.2.3. 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. However Windows 32 support could use some improvement. +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 and we would welcome a volunteer to handle that. -How to use PyPy3? +How to use PyPy? ================= We suggest using PyPy from a `virtualenv`_. Once you have a virtualenv @@ -49,6 +44,7 @@ .. _donated: http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2012/01/py3k-and-numpy-first-stage-thanks-to.html .. _`py3k proposal`: http://pypy.org/py3donate.html +.. _`known issues`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue?%40search_text=&title=py3k&%40columns=title&keyword=&id=&%40columns=id&creation=&creator=&release=&activity=&%40columns=activity&%40sort=activity&actor=&priority=&%40group=priority&status=-1%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6&%40columns=status&assignedto=&%40columns=assignedto&%40pagesize=50&%40startwith=0&%40queryname=&%40old-queryname=&%40action=search .. _`#1540`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1540 .. _`#1541`: https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1541 .. _`pypy documentation`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-using-virtualenv _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
