From 5c68a15d734080f4c9f55419cb0a9886c768b296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:11:45 +0100 Subject: import --- docs/announce/2017.07.md | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2017.07.md diff --git a/docs/announce/2017.07.md b/docs/announce/2017.07.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..961937b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2017.07.md @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2017.07 + +## A useful and usable production distribution of Perl 6 + +On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm pleased to +announce the July 2017 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable +production distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the July 2017 release +is available from . + +Binaries for macOS and Windows (64 bit) are also available. + +This is the eighth 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). + +This release includes "zef" as module installer. "panda" is to be shortly +replaced by "zef" and will be removed in the near future. + +2017.10 (October) will follow later this year. + +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". + +This Star release includes [release 2017.07] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2017.07 [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other +resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2017.07]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2017.07/docs/announce/2017.07.md +[Rakudo Perl 6 compiler]: http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo +[MoarVM]: http://moarvm.org/ + +The Rakudo compiler changes since the last Rakudo Star release of 2017.01 are +now listed in "2017.05.md", "2017.06.md" and "2017.07.md" under the +"rakudo/docs/announce" directory of the source distribution. + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + + DBIish: Doc and CI updates + + doc: Too many to list. p6doc fixed. + + grammar-debugger: Works again now. + + p6-io-string: New dep for new dep for doc. + + p6-native-resources: Removed since deprecated and not used by linenoise. + + panda: Officially deprecate panda in favour of zef. + + perl6-Test-When: New dep for perl6-pod-to-bigpage. + + perl6-lwp-simple: Fix breakage due to rakudo encoding refactor. + + tap-harness6: Replaces deprecated tap-harness6-prove6. + + zef: Too many to list. + +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 + * non-blocking I/O (in progress) + * some bits of Synopsis 9 and 11 + +There is an online resource at +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 . + +See 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 +, ask on the +mailing list, or join us on IRC \#perl6 on freenode. -- cgit v1.1