Author: Matti Picus <matti.pi...@gmail.com>
Branch:
Changeset: r91573:ff44fbcd839d
Date: 2017-06-07 20:43 +0300
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/ff44fbcd839d/
Log: formatting, fix links, tweak wording
diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
We added native PyPy support to profile frames in the vmprof_ statistical
profiler.
-The `struct`` module functions `pack*` and `unpack*` are now much faster,
+The ``struct`` module functions ``pack*`` and ``unpack*`` are now much faster,
especially on raw buffers and bytearrays. Microbenchmarks show a 2x to 10x
speedup. Thanks to `Gambit Research`_ for sponsoring this work.
@@ -29,20 +29,18 @@
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 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).
+Work sponsored by a Mozilla grant_ continues on PyPy3.5; numerous fixes from
+CPython were ported to PyPy and PEP 489 was fully implemented. Of course the
+bug fixes and performance enhancements mentioned above are part of both PyPy
+2.7 and PyPy 3.5.
CFFI_, which is part of the PyPy release, has been updated to an unreleased
1.10.1,
improving an already great package for interfacing with C.
-As always, this release fixed many issues and bugs raised by the
+As always, this release fixed many other issues and bugs raised by the
growing community of PyPy users. We strongly recommend updating.
-You can download the v5.8 release here:
+You can download the v5.8 releases here:
http://pypy.org/download.html
@@ -57,6 +55,7 @@
.. _`profile guided optimization`:
https://pythonfiles.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/enabling-profile-guided-optimizations-for-pypy
.. _shadowstack: config/translation.gcrootfinder.html
+.. _vmprof: http://vmprof.readthedocs.io
.. _`issues with gcc toolchains`:
https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues/2572/link-time-optimization-lto-disabled
.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/whatsnew.html
.. _grant:
https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2016/08/pypy-gets-funding-from-mozilla-for.html
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@
.. _`help`: project-ideas.html
.. _`options`: config/commandline.html#general-translation-options
.. _`these benchmarks show`:
https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2017/03/async-http-benchmarks-on-pypy3.html
-.. _`Gambit Reseach`: http://gambitresearch.com
+.. _`Gambit Research`: http://gambitresearch.com
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