From 80c7e880cd68522670f73b08898a3cb5a2d321dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naoum Hankache Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 21:07:54 +0200 Subject: 2019.03 Announce --- docs/announce/2019.03.md | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2019.03.md (limited to 'docs/announce/2019.03.md') diff --git a/docs/announce/2019.03.md b/docs/announce/2019.03.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..272443e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2019.03.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2019.03 + +## 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 March 2019 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable production +distribution of Rakudo. The tarball for this release is available from +. + +Binaries for macOS and Windows (64 bit) are also available at the same +location. + +This release of Rakudo Star implements +Perl v6.d. 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. + +We make a distinction between the language "Perl 6" and specific +implementations of the language such as "Rakudo". + +This Star release includes [release 2019.03] of the [Rakudo compiler], +version 2019.03 [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other +resources collected from the community. + +[release 2019.03]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2019.03/docs/announce/2019.03.md +[Rakudo compiler]: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo +[MoarVM]: https://moarvm.org/ + +The Rakudo compiler changes since the last Rakudo Star release are now listed +in "2018.11.md", "2018.12.md" and "2019.03.md" under the "rakudo/docs/announce" directory of +the source distribution. + +This Rakudo Star release comes with an additional JS backend. +See `6pad` project at for running Perl 6 code +directly in your browser. + +Important Rakudo bug fixes are now listed at + +Also see the Rakudo Star errata at + +Deprecation: + + * LWP::Simple now removed. Please use "HTTP::UserAgent". + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + * Pod-To-HTML now depends on p6-pod-load + * tap-harness6 and app-prove6 are two separate modules now + * zef: version 0.7.1 + +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, including +documentation, example code, tutorials, presentations, reference materials, +design documents, and other supporting resources. 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 From 0eacc1e93862e74e0068538a71b1bf4b431f8575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naoum Hankache Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 22:32:10 +0200 Subject: Add Test::Output and uncomment LWP::Simple --- docs/announce/2019.03.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/announce/2019.03.md') diff --git a/docs/announce/2019.03.md b/docs/announce/2019.03.md index 272443e..453d3c0 100644 --- a/docs/announce/2019.03.md +++ b/docs/announce/2019.03.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Also see the Rakudo Star errata at Deprecation: - * LWP::Simple now removed. Please use "HTTP::UserAgent". + * LWP::Simple is deprecated and will be removed. Please use "HTTP::UserAgent". Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: -- cgit v1.1