[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.2

I think we need a warning message with this release.

Robby

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below.  Please
> mail me new items and/or edits.
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> PLT Scheme version 4.2 is now available from
>
>  http://plt-scheme.org/
>
> * New in `scheme/base': `hash-has-key?', `hash-ref!',
>                        `in-sequences', `in-cycle'
>  and in `scheme': `count', `make-list' (from `scheme/list')
>                   `const' (from `scheme/function')
>
> * New statistical profiler, core and text interface for now
>
> * Scheme-implemented editor classes
>
> * on-demand instantiation of module phases
>
> * web-server: Native continuations in serial language, soft
>  state, and typos.
>
> I'm not sure that these should have an item:
>
> * make-rename-transformer => free-identifier=? (v5.1.5.2)
>
> * free-id=? propagation through module exports; add
>  'not-free-identifier=? syntax property to disable free-id=?
>  propagation; add prop:rename-transformer and
>  prop:set-transformer; fix scheme/local so that local syntax
>  bindings are visible to later definitions (v4.1.5.3)
>
> * per-thread cpu timing
>
> [Note that mirror sites can take a while to catch up with the new
> downloads.]
>
> Feedback Welcome,
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