[IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.0

[Keith J. Farmer]

http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=20344
 
CodePlex's TFS server seems to be down suddenly.. it's a conspiracy.

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From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com on behalf of Keith J. Farmer
Sent: Tue 12/23/2008 12:25 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython; Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.0


I recall this was a matter of some debate in the past, so I wasn't quite sure if it was *worth* adding :)
 
Of course, MSI was a big debate in the past as well...

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From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com on behalf of Curt Hagenlocher
Sent: Tue 12/23/2008 11:57 AM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.0


As with all feature requests, please add it to CodePlex. :)


On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Keith J. Farmer <kfarmer at thuban.org> wrote:


	Since there's an MSI now, could we hope for updates/new-major-versions via Windows Update?  Like online banking, I've come to rely on things updating themselves, rather than having to keep track of various support download sites.  Not to be exclusive - I would expect downloads at CodePlex to remain available -- but for the ease of installation and maintainance, it's hard to beat built-in, unified updaters.

	 

	If side-by-side versioning is required, I could see a current-version environment variable that could be added to the path.

	 

	From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Dave Fugate
	Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:19 PM
	To: Discussion of IronPython
	Cc: python-announce-list at python.org
	Subject: [IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.0

	 

	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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