[pypy-commit] pypy default: document when the #pypy IRC topic will be displayed

[mattip]

Author: mattip <matti.picus at gmail.com>
Branch: 
Changeset: r71336:4523d57c028e
Date: 2014-05-06 19:34 +0300
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/4523d57c028e/

Log:	document when the #pypy IRC topic will be displayed

diff --git a/pypy/doc/cpython_differences.rst b/pypy/doc/cpython_differences.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/cpython_differences.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/cpython_differences.rst
@@ -348,4 +348,9 @@
   type and vice versa. For builtin types, a dictionary will be returned that
   cannot be changed (but still looks and behaves like a normal dictionary).
 
+* PyPy prints a random line from past #pypy IRC topics at startup in
+  interactive mode. In a released version, this behaviour is supressed, but
+  setting the environment variable PYPY_IRC_TOPIC will bring it back. Note that
+  downstream package providers have been known to totally disable this feature.
+
 .. include:: _ref.txt