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# Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler, Release 2017.04.3 | ||
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On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I'm announcing an | ||
out-of-schedule release of the Rakudo Perl 6 compiler. | ||
Rakudo is an implementation of Perl 6 on the Moar Virtual Machine[^1]. | ||
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This release is a point release in addition to the regular, monthly | ||
releases. This release fixes an issue with `)>` regex capture working | ||
incorrectly when .MATCH is called, e.g. in grammar actions. In addition, | ||
it fixes false positive regex matches when using case-insensitive regexes | ||
and start of string and end of string match. Also, it fixes failure to | ||
load history file when using REPL with Linenoise or Readline on OSX. Last | ||
but not least, this release tests how many point releases is too many :) | ||
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As mentioned in previous release announcement, we're working on a system | ||
to do extended testing during and before releases that will include testing | ||
of multiple ecosystem modules. This will prevent issues that require point releases. | ||
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The tarball for this release is available from <http://rakudo.org/downloads/rakudo/>. | ||
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Please note: This announcement is not for the Rakudo Star | ||
distribution[^2] --- it’s announcing a new release of the compiler | ||
only. For the latest Rakudo Star release, see | ||
<http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/>. | ||
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The changes in this release are outlined below: | ||
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New in 2017.04.3: | ||
+ Fixes: | ||
+ Fix REPL history file failure with Linoise on [6c66c1b88c] | ||
+ Fix `)>` to work whenever .MATCH is called [2f143f476d][0150c7b8c5] | ||
+ Fixed issues with false positive case-insensitive regex matches | ||
when only start of string and end of string match [f756b4b54f][25048824c8] | ||
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The following people contributed to this release: | ||
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Samantha McVey, Timo Paulssen, Larry Wall, Zoffix Znet | ||
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If you would like to contribute or find out more information, visit | ||
<http://perl6.org>, <http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on the | ||
<perl6-compiler@perl.org> mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6 on freenode. | ||
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Additionally, we invite you to make a donation to The Perl Foundation | ||
to sponsor Perl 6 development: <https://donate.perlfoundation.org/> | ||
(put "Perl 6 Core Development Fund" in the 'Purpose' text field) | ||
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The next release of Rakudo (#111), is tentatively scheduled for 2017-05-20. | ||
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A list of the other planned release dates is available in the | ||
“docs/release_guide.pod” file. | ||
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The development team appreciates feedback! If you’re using Rakudo, do | ||
get back to us. Questions, comments, suggestions for improvements, cool | ||
discoveries, incredible hacks, or any other feedback -- get in touch with | ||
us through (the above-mentioned) mailing list or IRC channel. Enjoy! | ||
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Please note that recent releases have known issues running on the JVM. | ||
We are working to get the JVM backend working again but do not yet have | ||
an estimated delivery date. | ||
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[^1]: See <http://moarvm.org/> | ||
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[^2]: What’s the difference between the Rakudo compiler and the Rakudo | ||
Star distribution? | ||
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[^3]: NQP stands for 'Not Quite Perl', which is a language/environment | ||
that Rakudo is largely written in. See https://github.com/perl6/nqp | ||
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The Rakudo compiler is a compiler for the Perl 6 language. | ||
Not much more. | ||
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The Rakudo Star distribution is the Rakudo compiler plus a selection | ||
of useful Perl 6 modules, a module installer, the most recent | ||
incarnation of the “Using Perl 6” book, and other software that can | ||
be used with the Rakudo compiler to enhance its utility. | ||
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