Author: mattip <matti.pi...@gmail.com> Branch: Changeset: r80247:e99e98d6ab73 Date: 2015-10-15 22:12 +0300 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/e99e98d6ab73/
Log: add release notes and whats new for PyPy 15.11 diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-15.11.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-15.11.0.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/pypy/doc/release-15.11.0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +============ +PyPy 15.11.0 +============ + +We're pleased and proud to unleash PyPy 15.11, a major update of the PyPy python2.7.10 +compatible interpreter with a Just In Time compiler. +We have improved warmup time and memory overhead used for tracing, added vectorization +for numpy and general loops where possible on x86 hardware, ... +and increased functionality of numpy. + +You can download the PyPy 15.11 release here: + + http://pypy.org/download.html + +We would like to thank our donors for the continued support of the PyPy +project, and our volunteers and contributors. + +We would also like to thank our contributors (7 new ones since PyPy 2.6.0) and +encourage new people to join the project. PyPy has many +layers and we need help with all of them: `PyPy`_ and `RPython`_ documentation +improvements, tweaking popular `modules`_ to run on pypy, or general `help`_ +with making RPython's JIT even better. + +.. _`PyPy`: http://doc.pypy.org +.. _`RPython`: https://rpython.readthedocs.org +.. _`modules`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html#make-more-python-modules-pypy-friendly +.. _`help`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html + +What is PyPy? +============= + +PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for +CPython 2.7. It's fast (`pypy and cpython 2.7.x`_ performance comparison) +due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler. + +This release supports **x86** machines on most common operating systems +(Linux 32/64, Mac OS X 64, Windows 32, OpenBSD_, freebsd_), +as well as newer **ARM** hardware (ARMv6 or ARMv7, with VFPv3) running Linux. + +We also welcome developers of other +`dynamic languages`_ to see what RPython can do for them. + +.. _`pypy and cpython 2.7.x`: http://speed.pypy.org +.. _OpenBSD: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/pypy +.. _freebsd: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/pypy/ +.. _`dynamic languages`: http://pypyjs.org + +Highlights +=========== + +* Bug Fixes + + * ... + + * Issues reported with our previous release were resolved_ after reports from users on + our issue tracker at https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues or on IRC at + #pypy. + +* New features: + + * ... + +* Numpy: + + * ... + +* Performance improvements: + + * ... + +.. _`vmprof`: https://vmprof.readthedocs.org +.. _resolved: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/whatsnew-15.11.0.html + +Please try it out and let us know what you think. We welcome feedback, +we know you are using PyPy, please tell us about it! + +Cheers + +The PyPy Team + diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-15.11.0.rst rename from pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst rename to pypy/doc/whatsnew-15.11.0.rst --- a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst +++ b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-15.11.0.rst @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -======================= -What's new in PyPy 2.6+ -======================= +======================== +What's new in PyPy 15.11 +======================== .. this is a revision shortly after release-2.6.1 .. startrev: 07769be4057b _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
