Since the improvements so far would need explanation, and since further improvements are still in progress (especially relative to the v6.4 branch), a separate message to the mailing list --- or a blog post? --- seems better than a bullet in the release announcement.
At Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:00:04 -0600, Robby Findler wrote: > I think we might want to add a grain of salt to that part of the > announcement. People shouldn't expect radically improved performance > for, say, programs using the math library. It gets better in some > cases, but I feel like we need something that's a bit more uniformly > better before saying too much. > > So I would either say nothing, or I would add some more qualifications > or specificity or something. > > Robby > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > For Typed Racket: > > > > Typed Racket now generates contracts with lower overhead in many > > cases, speeding up typed/untyped interaction. > > > > The contract generated for the `Any` type is now more permissive, > > allowing more typed/untyped programs to work without contract errors. > > > > Sam > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Vincent St-Amour > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below. Please > >> mail me new items and/or edits. > >> > >> Please phrase announcements using complete sentences and avoid the > >> word "now". > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> general: > >> - HTTPS (for pkg catalog, and others) > >> > >> mflatt: > >> - incremental GC (ba8103bbde441e38df8dce16e6cbfd36f72c1ce0) > >> - add `internal-definition-context-{binding-identifier,track}` (0e16ce4be) > >> - deterministic bytecode generation (2743ea06bbc and others) > >> - `procedure-specialize` (db0a6de1d2d5d3059ec971275b287860c5bda6e2) > >> - openssl 'secure protocol (92f1bfa4d23e0a691778b814a5956c849bb3af83) > >> - libssl on Mac (273bc4ea4914cbe73bbb343015cc4fdeb3a1c6a4) > >> - windows code signing (666c5f1557703ed24272387f9272321ded2ecf7f) > >> > >> robby: > >> - contract performance improvements (various) > >> - racket/contract/combinator exports cleanup (99d7ad56d954) > >> > >> jay: > >> - `read-cdot` and related parameters (551e4d5a0d395) > >> - doc categories (2e34599ce37068072a98d8b14a3065bfc31848b5) > >> - cheat sheet > >> > >> asumu: > >> - Make id-table API more hash-like (14d25abd 92fc1f41) > >> > >> stamourv: > >> - additions to `racket/random` > >> > >> Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado: > >> - Add config for linux/ppc64. (e957a7d6557f9718ba8493c20675b75a1145084a) > >> > >> Alex Knauth: > >> - Allow separate read and write contracts for box/c (67e3899272792c2e5) > >> > >> > >> Other repos: > >> > >> redex: > >> - robby / Paul Stansifer: binding specifications (6410411) > >> > >> scribble: > >> - mflatt: scribble/examples (50f835c) > >> - florence: allow manipulation of scribble.tex imports (2881ef2) > >> > >> plot: > >> - bennn: jitter (fc4f7e2) > >> > >> pict: > >> - florence: pict/convertible changes (b95113d) > >> - stamourv: codeblock-pict (29806e2) > >> > >> typed racket: > >> - contract performance improvements > >> - typechecking performance improvements > >> > >> profile / contract profile: > >> - stamourv: add raco profile / raco contract-profile > >> - stamourv: overhaul contract-profile output > >> > >> htdp: > >> - mflatt: performance improvements for world from incremental GC? > >> > >> drracket: > >> - robby: anything major? > >> > >> gui: > >> - avoid using high-power GPU on Mac? > >> - scrolling speed improvements? > >> > >> string-constants: > >> - robby / Alexander Shopov: Added bulgarian translation (fb04c62) > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/m2mvrt7c1c.wl-stamourv%40eecs.nort > hwestern.edu. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAK%3DHD%2BaewTj9APKnhbgiAidxN%3DP > ftC%3DyM-fi1NbHjA06suzp6A%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAL3TdOMbWHYAKO0%3DqWLtDrNmU%2B-Mh > Q8tYvhWQzXLtVwaFEABog%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. 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