From b9ef2e5ec516ed12d0aab1b06ecbc727c4e5d245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:31:23 +0100 Subject: import announce --- docs/announce/2017.10.md | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2017.10.md (limited to 'docs/announce') diff --git a/docs/announce/2017.10.md b/docs/announce/2017.10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29ef3c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2017.10.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2017.10 + +## 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 October 2017 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable production +distribution of 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. + +IMPORTANT: "panda" has been removed from this release since it is deprecated. +Please use "zef" instead. + +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 2017.10] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2017.10 [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other +resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2017.10]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2017.10/docs/announce/2017.10.md +[Rakudo Perl 6 compiler]: http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo +[MoarVM]: http://moarvm.org/ + +The Rakudo compiler changes since the last Rakudo Star release of 2017.07 are +now listed in "2017.08.md", "2017.09.md", and "2017.10.md" under the +"rakudo/docs/announce" directory of the source distribution. + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + + DBIish: Newer version (doesn't work with 2017.01 anymore) + + doc: Too many to list. p6doc-index merged into p6doc and index built on first run. + + p6-Template-Mustache: Fixed on Windows. + + panda: Removed. Stub added to warn about this. + + perl6-file-which: Fixed tests on Windows + + tap-harness6: Many fixes. + + zef: New version with many fixes + +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 (now works for sockets and process) + * 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