[pypy-commit] pypy default: restart whatsnew-head, release notice
mattip
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Fri Apr 20 07:26:12 EDT 2018
Author: Matti Picus <matti.picus at gmail.com>
Branch:
Changeset: r94391:8941ee7fcd8f
Date: 2018-04-20 14:13 +0300
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/8941ee7fcd8f/
Log: restart whatsnew-head, release notice
diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-v6.0.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-v6.0.0.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/release-v6.0.0.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/release-v6.0.0.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
getting started writing code. We have improved our parser to emit more friendly
`syntax errors`_, making PyPy not only faster but more friendly.
+The GC now has `hooks`_ to gain more insights into its performance
+
The Windows PyPy3.5 release is still considered beta-quality. There are open
issues with unicode handling especially around system calls and c-extensions.
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@
.. _`blog post`: https://morepypy.blogspot.it/2017/10/cape-of-good-hope-for-pypy-hello-from.html
.. _pygobject: https://lazka.github.io/posts/2018-04_pypy-pygobject/index.html
.. _`syntax errors`: https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2018/04/improving-syntaxerror-in-pypy.html
+.. _`hooks`: gc_info.html#gc-hooks
What is PyPy?
=============
@@ -101,8 +104,9 @@
* Added missing attributes to C-API ``instancemethod`` on pypy3
* Store error state in thread-local storage for C-API.
* Fix JIT bugs exposed in the sre module
-* Improve speed of Python parser, improve ParseError messages slightly
+* Improve speed of Python parser, improve ParseError messages and SyntaxError
* Handle JIT hooks more efficiently
+* Fix a rare GC bug exposed by intensive use of cpyext `Buffer` s
We also refactored many parts of the JIT bridge optimizations, as well as cpyext
internals, and together with new contributors fixed issues, added new
diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
@@ -3,18 +3,7 @@
==========================
.. this is a revision shortly after release-pypy-6.0.0
-.. startrev: f22145c34985
+.. startrev: ad79cc0ce9a8
-.. branch: issue2752
-Fix a rare GC bug that was introduced more than one year ago, but was
-not diagnosed before issue #2752.
-
-.. branch: gc-hooks
-
-Introduce GC hooks, as documented in doc/gc_info.rst
-
-.. branch: gc-hook-better-timestamp
-
-Improve GC hooks
diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-pypy2-6.0.0.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-pypy2-6.0.0.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-pypy2-6.0.0.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-pypy2-6.0.0.rst
@@ -109,3 +109,16 @@
Improve line offsets that are reported by SyntaxError. Improve error messages
for a few situations, including mismatched parenthesis.
+
+.. branch: issue2752
+
+Fix a rare GC bug that was introduced more than one year ago, but was
+not diagnosed before issue #2752.
+
+.. branch: gc-hooks
+
+Introduce GC hooks, as documented in doc/gc_info.rst
+
+.. branch: gc-hook-better-timestamp
+
+Improve GC hooksd
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