From a10bd7e8b4a954a98d1eaae46edddfaba9465af6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:00:58 +0000 Subject: import draft announce --- docs/announce/2018.10.md | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2018.10.md diff --git a/docs/announce/2018.10.md b/docs/announce/2018.10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae5187c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2018.10.md @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2018.10 + +## 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 October 2018 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable production +distribution of Rakudo Perl 6. The tarball for this release is available from +. + +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 2018.10] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2018.10 [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other +resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2018.10]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2018.10/docs/announce/2018.10.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 "2018.08.md" and 2018.09.md" under the "rakudo/docs/announce" directory of +the source distribution. + +Important Rakudo bug fixes are now listed at + +Also see Rakudo Star errata at + +Deprecation: + + * LWP::Simple is deprecated and will be removed. Please use "HTTP::UserAgent". + * panda-sub which pointed user to zef now removed. + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + * openssl: Bump version 0.1.21. + * tap-harness6: Bump version to 0.0.4 for coloring + * zef: version 0.5.3 + +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 +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