[pypy-commit] pypy default: review the release announcement. Tiny fixes, and move the paragraphs about the numpypy and py3k funded project in the 'ongoing work' section

[antocuni]

Author: Antonio Cuni <anto.cuni at gmail.com>
Branch: 
Changeset: r52298:58f2412f38e7
Date: 2012-02-09 16:11 +0100
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/58f2412f38e7/

Log:	review the release announcement. Tiny fixes, and move the paragraphs
	about the numpypy and py3k funded project in the 'ongoing work'
	section

diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-1.8.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-1.8.0.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/release-1.8.0.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/release-1.8.0.rst
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 PyPy 1.8 - business as usual
 ============================
 
-We're pleased to announce the 1.8 release of PyPy. As has become a habit, this
-release brings a lot of bugfixes, and performance and memory improvements over
+We're pleased to announce the 1.8 release of PyPy. As habitual this
+release brings a lot of bugfixes, together with performance and memory improvements over
 the 1.7 release. The main highlight of the release is the introduction of
-list strategies which makes homogenous lists more efficient both in terms
+`list strategies`_ which makes homogenous lists more efficient both in terms
 of performance and memory. This release also upgrades us from Python 2.7.1 compatibility to 2.7.2. Otherwise it's "business as usual" in the sense
 that performance improved roughly 10% on average since the previous release.
+
 You can download the PyPy 1.8 release here:
 
     http://pypy.org/download.html
 
+.. _`list strategies`: http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-compact-lists-with-list-strategies.html
+
 What is PyPy?
 =============
 
@@ -60,13 +63,6 @@
 * New JIT hooks that allow you to hook into the JIT process from your python
   program. There is a `brief overview`_ of what they offer.
 
-* Since the last release there was a significant breakthrough in PyPy's
-  fundraising. We now have enough funds to work on first stages of `numpypy`_
-  and `py3k`_. We would like to thank again to everyone who donated.
-
-  It's also probably worth noting, we're considering donations for the STM
-  project.
-
 * Standard library upgrade from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2.
 
 Ongoing work
@@ -82,7 +78,12 @@
 
 * More numpy work
 
-* Software Transactional Memory, you can read more about `our plans`_
+* Since the last release there was a significant breakthrough in PyPy's
+  fundraising. We now have enough funds to work on first stages of `numpypy`_
+  and `py3k`_. We would like to thank again to everyone who donated.
+
+* It's also probably worth noting, we're considering donations for the
+  Software Transactional Memory project. You can read more about `our plans`_
 
 .. _`brief overview`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/jit-hooks.html
 .. _`numpy status page`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/numpy-status/latest.html