From cdbe6e45b388d76bf21aa60508dfcf2341ae4234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:13:05 +0100 Subject: import announce --- docs/announce/2017.04.md | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2017.04.md diff --git a/docs/announce/2017.04.md b/docs/announce/2017.04.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a812b15 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2017.04.md @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2017.04 + +## 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 April 2017 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable +production distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the April 2017 release +is available from . + +Binaries for macOS and Windows (64 bit) are also available. + +This is the seventh 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. + +It's hoped to produce quarterly Rakudo Star releases during 2017 with 2017.07 +(July) and 2017.10 (October) to follow. + +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 2017.04.3] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2017.04-44-gf0db8822 of [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, +and other resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2017.04]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2017.04/docs/announce/2017.04.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 "2017.02.md" and "2017.04.md" under the "rakudo/docs/announce" +directory of the source distribution. + +In particular This release featured many important improvements to the IO +subsystem thanks to Zoffix and the support of the Perl Foundation. + +Please see +Part 1: http://rakudo.org/2017/04/02/upgrade +Part 2: http://rakudo.org/2017/04/03/part-2 +Part 3: http://rakudo.org/2017/04/17/final-notes + +Note there were point releases of 2017.04 so also see "2017.04.1.md", +"2017.04.2.md" and "2017.04.3.md". + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + + DBIish: New version with pg-consume-input + + doc: Too many to list. Large number of "IO Grant" doc changes. + + json\_fast: Too many to list. Big performance improvements. + + perl6-lwp-simple: Fix for lexical require and incorrect regex for absolute URL matcher + + test-mock: Enable concurrent use of mock objects + + uri: Encoding fixes + + zef: Too many to list. IO fixage. + +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