Author: Matti Picus <matti.pi...@gmail.com> Branch: Changeset: r91457:558bd00b3dd8 Date: 2017-05-30 16:31 +0300 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/558bd00b3dd8/
Log: start very rough draft of release notice, restart whatsnew (part 2) diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +===================================== +PyPy2.7 and PyPy3.5 v5.8 dual release +===================================== + +The PyPy team is proud to release both PyPy2.7 v5.8 (an interpreter supporting +Python v2.7 syntax), and a beta-quality PyPy3.5 v5.8 (an interpreter for Python +v3.5 syntax). The two releases are both based on much the same codebase, thus +the dual release. Note that PyPy3.5 supports Linux 64bit only for now. + +This new PyPy2.7 release includes the upstream stdlib version 2.7.13, and +PyPy3.5 (our first in the 3.5 series) includes the upstream stdlib version +3.5.3. + +We continue to make incremental improvements to our C-API +compatibility layer (cpyext). PyPy2 can now import and run many C-extension +packages, among the most notable are Numpy, Cython, and Pandas. Performance may +be slower than CPython, especially for frequently-called short C functions. +Please let us know if your use case is slow, we have ideas how to make things +faster but need real-world examples (not micro-benchmarks) of problematic code. + +Work proceeds at a good pace on the PyPy3.5 +version due to a grant_ from the Mozilla Foundation, hence our first 3.5.3 beta +release. Thanks Mozilla !!! While we do not pass all tests yet, asyncio works and +as `these benchmarks show`_ it already gives a nice speed bump. +We also backported the ``f""`` formatting from 3.6 (as an exception; otherwise +"PyPy3.5" supports the Python 3.5 language). + +CFFI_ has been updated to 1.10, improving an already great package for +interfacing with C. + +As always, this release fixed many issues and bugs raised by the +growing community of PyPy users. We strongly recommend updating. + +You can download the v5.8 release here: + + http://pypy.org/download.html + +We would like to thank our donors for the continued support of the PyPy +project. + +We would also like to thank our contributors 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. + +.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/whatsnew.html +.. _grant: https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2016/08/pypy-gets-funding-from-mozilla-for.html +.. _`PyPy`: index.html +.. _`RPython`: https://rpython.readthedocs.org +.. _`modules`: project-ideas.html#make-more-python-modules-pypy-friendly +.. _`help`: project-ideas.html +.. _`these benchmarks show`: https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2017/03/async-http-benchmarks-on-pypy3.html + +What is PyPy? +============= + +PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for +CPython 2.7 and CPython 3.5. It's fast (`PyPy and CPython 2.7.x`_ performance comparison) +due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler. + +We also welcome developers of other `dynamic languages`_ to see what RPython +can do for them. + +The PyPy 2.7 release supports: + + * **x86** machines on most common operating systems + (Linux 32/64 bits, Mac OS X 64 bits, Windows 32 bits, OpenBSD, FreeBSD) + + * newer **ARM** hardware (ARMv6 or ARMv7, with VFPv3) running Linux, + + * big- and little-endian variants of **PPC64** running Linux, + + * **s390x** running Linux + +.. _`PyPy and CPython 2.7.x`: http://speed.pypy.org +.. _`dynamic languages`: http://rpython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html + +Highlights of the PyPy2.7, cpyext, and RPython changes (since 5.7 released March, 2017) +======================================================================================= + +See also issues that were resolved_ + +* New features and cleanups + + * + * + +* Bug Fixes + + * + * + +* Performance improvements: + + * + * + +* RPython improvements + + * + * + + +Highlights of the PyPy3.5 release (since 5.7 beta released March 2017) +====================================================================== + +* New features + + * + * + +* Bug Fixes + + * + * + +* Performance improvements: + + * + +* The following features of Python 3.5 are not implemented yet in PyPy: + + * PEP 442: Safe object finalization + * PEP 489: Multi-phase extension module initialization + +.. _resolved: whatsnew-pypy2-5.8.0.html + +Please update, and continue to help us make PyPy better. + +Cheers diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +========================== +What's new in PyPy2.7 5.9+ +========================== + +.. this is a revision shortly after release-pypy2.7-v5.8.0 +.. startrev: 0c91b5f4f275 + + _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
