[svn:parrot] r44951 - trunk

[cotto at svn.parrot.org]

Author: cotto
Date: Tue Mar 16 07:06:17 2010
New Revision: 44951
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/44951

Log:
NEWS update for 2.2.0

Modified:
   trunk/NEWS

Modified: trunk/NEWS
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--- trunk/NEWS	Mon Mar 15 22:05:52 2010	(r44950)
+++ trunk/NEWS	Tue Mar 16 07:06:17 2010	(r44951)
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # $Id$
 
+New in 2.2.0
+- Core changes
+  + Most internal allocations now use the GC
+  + RNG non-randomnes fixes
+  + Elimination of much dead code
+- API changes
+  + PMCs can now be initialized from an int
+  + Many legacy ops are removed
+- Platforms
+  + Sun cc and Intel icc support have been restored
+  + Compiler invocation no longer goes through a Perl script
+- Tools
+  + NCI thunks are now generated by self-hosted PIR code
+
 New in 2.1.0
 - Core changes
   + GC performance and encapsulation were greatly improved.