[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.1.5, third call

There is misc stuff, but I don't see anything worth mentioning in the
release particularly.

Robby

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below.  I didn't
> get any additional edits.
>
> Specific people:
>
> * Stevie: Unit contracts, region contract, etc -- this should
>  definitely be blurbed
>
> * Robby: are there any Redex news?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Web Server:
>  - new URL-based dispatching library `web-server/dispatch',
>  - customizable continuation serialization policies for the stateless
>    web language `web-server/stuffers',
>  - abstraction of serve/servlet to build simpler dispatchers
>    `web-server/servlet-env',
>  - HTTP Digest authentication support `web-server/http/digest-auth',
>  - built-in cookie support in `web-server/http/cookie' and
>    `web-server/http/cookie-parse',
>  - highlighting and pretty-printing of errors in Xexpr constructions,
>  - load control dispatcher for limit concurrent sessions
>    `web-server/dispatchers/limit'.
>
> * Scribble:
>  - Literate programming is now available using the new
>    `scribble/lp' language.
>  - A new `at-exp' language makes it convenient to use the
>    scribble reader's @-expressions for general code.
>  - The `scribble/text' preprocessor language has been extended to
>    deal with indentation and other formatting issues.
>  - The "scribble" command-line tool accepts a `--pdf' flag to
>    render PDFs (via pdflatex).
>
> * DrScheme now provides feedback when PLaneT downloads and
>  installs new packages.
>
> * Language levels and teachpacks from the DeinProgramm project for
>  the German textbook "Die Macht der Abstraktion" by Herbert
>  Klaeren and Michael Sperber have been added.
>
> * Misc:
>  - Typed Scheme now comes with several more pre-wrapped
>    libraries, found in the `typed' collection.
>  - The `xml' and `html' collections are now contracted.
>  - Binding parsing in net/cgi now interacts with `net/uri-codec's
>    configuration parameters.
>  - DrScheme captures logging output.
>  - Check syntax: it is now possible to tack arrows crossing the
>    currently selected text.
>  - SRFI collections are available with R6RS-frienly names as in
>    SRFI-97.
>  - New `bitwise-bit-field' function.
>
> * The usual pile of bugfixes.  (Notable: `scheme/package' works,
>  `deflate' compression fixed, DrScheme language dialog issue
>  resolved, `match' fixes, Windows networking, and much more.)
>
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