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author | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2018-07-29 15:42:32 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2018-07-29 15:49:30 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/announce/2018.06.md b/docs/announce/2018.06.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb98fb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2018.06.md @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2018.06 + +## A useful and usable production distribution of Rakudo Perl 6 + +On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm pleased to announce +the June 2018 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable production +distribution of Rakudo Perl 6. The tarball for this release is available from +<https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/star/>. + +Binaries for macOS and Windows (64 bit) are also available at the same +location. + +This is a post-Christmas (production) release of Rakudo Star and implements +Perl v6.c. It comes with support for the MoarVM backend (all module tests pass +on supported platforms). Currently, Star is on a quarterly release cycle. + +Please note that this release of Rakudo Star is not fully functional with the +JVM backend from the Rakudo compiler. Please use the MoarVM backend only. + +In the Perl 6 world, we make a distinction between the language ("Perl 6") and +specific implementations of the language such as "Rakudo Perl 6". + +This Star release includes [release 2018.06] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2018.06 [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other +resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2018.06]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2018.06/docs/announce/2018.06.md +[Rakudo Perl 6 compiler]: http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo +[MoarVM]: http://moarvm.org/ + +The Rakudo compiler changes since the last Rakudo Star release are now listed +in "2018.05.md" and 2018.06.md" under the "rakudo/docs/announce" directory of +the source distribution. + +Important Rakudo bug fixes are now listed at <https://alerts.perl6.org/> + +Also see Rakudo Star errata at <https://perl6.org/downloads/> + +Deprecation: + + * LWP::Simple is deprecated and will be removed. Please use "HTTP::UserAgent". + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + * openssl: added + * io-socket-ssl: added + * http-useragent: version 1.1.44 + * Terminal-ANSIColor: italic now accessible via the color() sub + * zef: version 0.4.5 + +There are some key features of Perl 6 that Rakudo Star does not yet +handle appropriately, although they will appear in upcoming releases. +Some of the not-quite-there features include: + + * advanced macros + * some bits of Synopsis 9 and 11 + +There is an online resource at <http://perl6.org/compilers/features> +that lists the known implemented and missing features of Rakudo's +backends and other Perl 6 implementations. + +In many places we've tried to make Rakudo smart enough to inform the +programmer that a given feature isn't implemented, but there are many +that we've missed. Bug reports about missing and broken features are +welcomed at <rakudobug@perl.org>. + +See <https://perl6.org/> for links to much more information about +Perl 6, including documentation, example code, tutorials, presentations, +reference materials, design documents, and other supporting resources. +Some Perl 6 tutorials are available under the "docs" directory in +the release tarball. + +The development team thanks all of the contributors and sponsors for +making Rakudo Star possible. If you would like to contribute, see +<http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on the <perl6-compiler@perl.org> +mailing list, or join us on IRC \#perl6 on freenode. |