[pypy-commit] pypy default: start very rough draft of release notice, restart whatsnew (part 2)

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Author: Matti Picus <matti.picus at gmail.com>
Branch: 
Changeset: r91457:558bd00b3dd8
Date: 2017-05-30 16:31 +0300
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/558bd00b3dd8/

Log:	start very rough draft of release notice, restart whatsnew (part 2)

diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-v5.8.0.rst
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+=====================================
+PyPy2.7 and PyPy3.5 v5.8 dual release
+=====================================
+
+The PyPy team is proud to release both PyPy2.7 v5.8 (an interpreter supporting
+Python v2.7 syntax), and a beta-quality PyPy3.5 v5.8 (an interpreter for Python
+v3.5 syntax). The two releases are both based on much the same codebase, thus
+the dual release.  Note that PyPy3.5 supports Linux 64bit only for now. 
+
+This new PyPy2.7 release includes the upstream stdlib version 2.7.13, and
+PyPy3.5 (our first in the 3.5 series) includes the upstream stdlib version
+3.5.3.
+
+We continue to make incremental improvements to our C-API
+compatibility layer (cpyext). PyPy2 can now import and run many C-extension
+packages, among the most notable are Numpy, Cython, and Pandas. Performance may
+be slower than CPython, especially for frequently-called short C functions.
+Please let us know if your use case is slow, we have ideas how to make things
+faster but need real-world examples (not micro-benchmarks) of problematic code.
+
+Work proceeds at a good pace on the PyPy3.5
+version due to a grant_ from the Mozilla Foundation, hence our first 3.5.3 beta
+release. Thanks Mozilla !!! While we do not pass all tests yet, asyncio works and
+as `these benchmarks show`_ it already gives a nice speed bump.
+We also backported the ``f""`` formatting from 3.6 (as an exception; otherwise
+"PyPy3.5" supports the Python 3.5 language).
+
+CFFI_ has been updated to 1.10, improving an already great package for
+interfacing with C.
+
+As always, this release fixed many issues and bugs raised by the
+growing community of PyPy users. We strongly recommend updating.
+
+You can download the v5.8 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.
+
+.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/whatsnew.html
+.. _grant: https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2016/08/pypy-gets-funding-from-mozilla-for.html
+.. _`PyPy`: index.html
+.. _`RPython`: https://rpython.readthedocs.org
+.. _`modules`: project-ideas.html#make-more-python-modules-pypy-friendly
+.. _`help`: project-ideas.html
+.. _`these benchmarks show`: https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2017/03/async-http-benchmarks-on-pypy3.html
+
+What is PyPy?
+=============
+
+PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for
+CPython 2.7 and CPython 3.5. 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.
+
+The PyPy 2.7 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://rpython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html
+
+Highlights of the PyPy2.7, cpyext, and RPython changes (since 5.7 released March, 2017)
+=======================================================================================
+
+See also issues that were resolved_
+
+* New features and cleanups
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+* Bug Fixes
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+* Performance improvements:
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+* RPython improvements
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+
+Highlights of the PyPy3.5 release (since 5.7 beta released March 2017)
+======================================================================
+
+* New features
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+* Bug Fixes
+
+  * 
+  * 
+
+* Performance improvements:
+
+  * 
+
+* The following features of Python 3.5 are not implemented yet in PyPy:
+
+  * PEP 442: Safe object finalization
+  * PEP 489: Multi-phase extension module initialization
+
+.. _resolved: whatsnew-pypy2-5.8.0.html
+
+Please update, and continue to help us make PyPy better.
+
+Cheers
diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
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+==========================
+What's new in PyPy2.7 5.9+
+==========================
+
+.. this is a revision shortly after release-pypy2.7-v5.8.0
+.. startrev: 0c91b5f4f275
+
+