[pypy-commit] pypy default: start release notes

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Author: Matti Picus <matti.picus at gmail.com>
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Changeset: r86497:0b1493214116
Date: 2016-08-24 23:30 +1000
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/0b1493214116/

Log:	start release notes

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 .. toctree::
 
+   release-pypy2.7-v5.4.0.rst
    release-pypy2.7-v5.3.1.rst
    release-pypy2.7-v5.3.0.rst
    release-5.1.1.rst
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+============
+PyPy2.7 v5.4
+============
+
+We have released PyPy2.7 v5.4, a little under two months after PyPy2.7 v5.3.
+This new PyPy2.7 release includes further improvements to our C-API compatability layer (cpyext), enabling us to pass over 99% of the upstream
+numpy `test suite`_. We updated built-in cffi_ support to version 1.8,
+and fixed many issues and bugs raised by the growing community of PyPy
+users.
+
+XXXXX MORE ???
+
+You can download the PyPy2.7 v5.4 release here:
+
+    http://pypy.org/download.html
+
+We would like to thank our donors for the continued support of the PyPy
+project.
+
+We would also like to thank our contributors and
+encourage new people to join the project. PyPy has many
+layers and we need help with all of them: `PyPy`_ and `RPython`_ documentation
+improvements, tweaking popular `modules`_ to run on pypy, or general `help`_
+with making RPython's JIT even better.
+
+.. _`test suite`: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/wiki/Adventures%20in%20cpyext%20compatibility
+.. _cffi: https://cffi.readthedocs.org
+.. _`PyPy`: http://doc.pypy.org
+.. _`RPython`: https://rpython.readthedocs.org
+.. _`modules`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html#make-more-python-modules-pypy-friendly
+.. _`help`: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html
+
+What is PyPy?
+=============
+
+PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for
+CPython 2.7. It's fast (`PyPy and CPython 2.7.x`_ performance comparison)
+due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler.
+
+We also welcome developers of other `dynamic languages`_ to see what RPython
+can do for them.
+
+This release supports: 
+
+  * **x86** machines on most common operating systems
+    (Linux 32/64 bits, Mac OS X 64 bits, Windows 32 bits, OpenBSD, FreeBSD)
+  
+  * newer **ARM** hardware (ARMv6 or ARMv7, with VFPv3) running Linux,
+  
+  * big- and little-endian variants of **PPC64** running Linux,
+
+  * **s390x** running Linux
+
+.. _`PyPy and CPython 2.7.x`: http://speed.pypy.org
+.. _`dynamic languages`: http://pypyjs.org
+
+Other Highlights (since 5.3 released in June 2016)
+=========================================================
+
+* New features:
+
+* Bug Fixes
+
+  * Issues reported with our previous release were resolved_ after
+    reports from users on our issue tracker at
+    https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues or on IRC at #pypy
+
+* Performance improvements:
+
+.. _resolved: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/whatsnew-5.3.0.html
+
+Please update, and continue to help us make PyPy better.
+
+Cheers