[racket-dev] release notes draft

These release notes look good to me, but maybe a bit short.

Since this is our first release with new features since 5.3.4 last May,
I would have expected a longer list. For example, during the previous
release notes discussion, Jay and Neil had some bullets that I don't see
on this list. There also were a lot more things in Robby's original
email.

If we want to keep the announcement itself short, should we point to the
various HISTORY.txt files where users can get more details?

Vincent



At Sat, 11 Jan 2014 20:27:21 -0600,
Robby Findler wrote:
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> Below is the latest release notes draft. Comments?
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> Robby
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> Racket has a new package system, including a catalog of already available
> packages. Please visit
> 
>  http://pkgs.racket-lang.org/
> 
> for an overview.
> 
> Recent releases included the "beta" versions of the package system.
> Racket version 6.0 incorporates many improvements suggested by these
> preliminary experiences:
> 
>  * A package is treated as a single collection by default, so it is even
>    easier to use a Github repository as a package. Get started quickly:
>      http://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/getting-started.html
> 
>  * DrRacket includes a new package manager GUI, which is also available
>    as a stand-alone program via the "gui-pkg-manager" package.
> 
>  * The main Racket distribution has been broken into about 200 packages. An
>    installation starts with Minimal Racket and then adds these bundled
> packages.
> 
>    Alternatively, you may now install a Minimal Racket distribution ---
>    which is about 1/10 the size of the main distribution --- and add only
>    those packages that you need.
> 
>  * Package installation supports pre-built packages that include
>    compiled byte code and rendered documentation, meaning packages can be
>    installed quickly when built versions are a available. All packages in
>    the main distribution are available in pre-built form.
> 
> Further improvements are in the works, including package documentation on
> the package-catalog web site.
> 
> COMPATIBILITY NOTE: PLaneT will remain in place for the foreseeable future,
> but we expect all package work to shift to the new system.
> 
> Beyond the package system, this release brings a number of other changes:
> 
>  * Racket's HTML documentation has a new and improved look, thanks to
>    Matthew Butterick.
> 
>  * Racket's JIT compiler supports the ARM architecture.
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>  * Racket supports the Mac's Retina display mode.
> 
>  * The profiler provides a new mode that uses the errortrace library to
>    produce fine-grained profiles.
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>  * A new contract profiler reports how much time programs spend checking
>    contracts, and which contracts are most expensive.
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>  * The math/flonum library exports fast 105-bit precision operations.
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>  * Check Syntax handles generated identifiers, especially those
>    introduced by struct (e.g. field selectors) and Redex (e.g., e_1, e_2)
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>  * 2htdp/batch-io includes functions for dealing with html/xml in files and
>    web sites as X-expressions plus conveniences for web-based graph
> traversals.
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