[svn:parrot] r43977 - trunk

darbelo at svn.parrot.org darbelo at svn.parrot.org
Tue Feb 16 00:09:12 UTC 2010


Author: darbelo
Date: Tue Feb 16 00:09:11 2010
New Revision: 43977
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/43977

Log:
First draft of 2.1.0 NEWS.

Modified:
   trunk/NEWS

Modified: trunk/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS	Mon Feb 15 23:55:32 2010	(r43976)
+++ trunk/NEWS	Tue Feb 16 00:09:11 2010	(r43977)
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # $Id$
 
+New in 2.1.0
+- Core changes
+  + GC performance and encapsulation were greatly improved.
+  + PMC freeze refactored.
+  + More Makefile and build improvements.
+- API Changes
+  + The Array PMC was removed.
+  + Several deprecated vtables were removed.
+  + The OrderedHash PMC was substantialy improved.
+- Platforms
+  + Packaging improvements on some operating systems.
+- Tools
+  + Some cases in pbc_merge are now handled.
+  + Improvements were made to the dependency checker.
+  + New tool nativecall.pir added.
+
 New in 2.0.0
 - Features
   + Context PMCs now support attribute-based introspection


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