[IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.0

[Giles Thomas]

Thirded, well done to all!

James Matthews wrote:

> I agree, I am now downloading and installing it!!
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Sylvain Hellegouarch <sh at defuze.org 
> <mailto:sh at defuze.org>> wrote:
>
>     Congratulations to everyone who made it happen. That's fantastic
>     news :)
>
>     - Sylvain
>
>     Dave Fugate a écrit :
>
>
>         Hello Python Community,
>
>         The IronPython and Dynamic Language Runtime teams are proud to
>         announce the release of IronPython 2.0 final. IronPython 2.0
>         is the culmination of nearly two years worth of work resulting
>         in a CPython 2.5 compatible release on .NET 2.0 SP1. By far,
>         the biggest change to 2.0 is that our 1.1 codebase was
>         refactored to run on top of the Dynamic Language Runtime
>         <http://www.codeplex.com/dlr>. With this we automatically get
>         improvements in many feature areas such as better .NET interop
>         support and hosting Python from managed code. There have been
>         many other major improvements as well. The most notable are:
>
>
>         · An MSI installer for Windows platforms which includes parts
>         of the CPython 2.5 standard library
>
>         · IronPython assemblies targeting Silverlight and tools such
>         as Chiron to improve the Silverlight dynamic development
>         experience
>
>         · The addition of more C-based standard modules such as
>         /cmath/ and /_winreg/
>
>         · Significant improvements in importing compatibility and features
>
>         · Distribution of IronPython under the Microsoft Public
>         License which has been approved by OSI
>
>         · Performance improvements. On that note, a new Wiki page has
>         been created for IronPython performance reports - see
>         http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Wiki/View.aspx?title=IronPython%20Performance
>
>         · Over 500 bugs have been closed in 2.0. 453 of these were
>         reported on CodePlex
>
>         · Support for precompilation of Python source files into a
>         single dll
>
>         This seems like an opportune time to remind everyone that we
>         fix bugs based on the number of votes they have on CodePlex.
>         As we're planning on releasing IronPython 2.0.1 fairly soon,
>         please vote for your favorite bugs at
>         http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/AdvancedList.aspx
>         to help ensure they get fixed in time for the next release.
>
>         We'd like to extend our gratitude to everyone in the
>         IronPython community who reported bugs thereby making this a
>         better release: milind, romank, chadaustin, sjmachin,
>         davidfraser, TimothyFitz, drewid, sanxiyn, bashmohandes,
>         pobrien, perhaps, haypo, Undebtedly, ayarrow, tscottw_cp,
>         rope, arman0, eshaish, nivaldo, fuzzyman, CurtHagenlocher,
>         Eloff, brucec, py_sunil, jacobg23, mziller, beaugunderson,
>         gbraad, Oceanborn, tarlano, jbevain, glchapman, anthonybaxter,
>         jdhardy, jjlee, haibo, doubleyewdee, jackeyoo, whit537,
>         sdahlbac, PeteHufnagel, jtenney, nriley, junfeng, grizlupo,
>         rridge, lewisle, JoelBondurant, johnplatt, lthompson,
>         debackerl, googen, tscottw, VoteFw, leppie, Qvin, heyssion2,
>         CriGoT, baxeno, sbergman, Laurion, luntain, oldman, christmas,
>         05031972, kevgu, wilberforce, Korbinian, lclj, sorokerr,
>         Eriol, tatwright, ais, TraumaPony, pelikhan, asafk,
>         felixpollan, srid, atifaziz, vernondcole, fwereade, zpy,
>         yanne, facorreia, Daneel, zvikag, psykotic, Cavingdeep,
>         BEaton, sborde, orbital56, fbourgeois, antont, krosavcheg,
>         ktc1, awilkins, ben2004uk, paulfelix, axl, JeffreySax,
>         Lawouach, and KKI.
>
>         You can download IronPython 2.0 at:
>         http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8365
>
>         The IronPython Team
>
>         BTW
>
>         Updates to the IronPython 1.0 samples will be released
>         shortly. Stay tuned to the IronPython mailing list for details.
>
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