SF.net SVN: jython:[7205] trunk/jython/NEWS

Revision: 7205
          http://jython.svn.sourceforge.net/jython/?rev=7205&view=rev
Author:   pjenvey
Date:     2011-03-02 20:15:14 +0000 (Wed, 02 Mar 2011)

Log Message:
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more news updates for 2.5.2 final

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/jython/NEWS

Modified: trunk/jython/NEWS
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--- trunk/jython/NEWS	2011-03-01 22:03:18 UTC (rev 7204)
+++ trunk/jython/NEWS	2011-03-02 20:15:14 UTC (rev 7205)
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     - [ 1210 ] Lib/socket.py doesn't allow IPv6 sockets and fails with an AssertionError
     - [ 1700 ] "virtualenv is not compatible" to 2.5.2rc3
     - [ 1701 ] Files are not flushed properly when opened from the EDT (partial fix)
+  New Features
+    - The socket module now includes ipv6 support
+    - The socket module now also includes Internationalized Domain
+      Names (RFC 3490) support on Java 6
 
 Jython 2.5.2rc3
   Bugs Fixed
@@ -153,9 +157,19 @@
       during Django or Pylons development mode reloading)
     - Fix pickling of collections.defaultdict objects
     - Fix the cmath module to accept objects implementing the __float__ method
-    - Add google indexer (by Yin Wang and Steve Yegge)
+  New Features
+    - Performance improvements around method invocation. 2.5.2 runs
+      the richards benchmark 3x faster and the pystone benchmark 20%
+      faster than 2.5.1
+    - The posix/nt module was rewritten in Java and the performance of
+      its often performance-critical stat function has significantly
+      improved
+    - Improved OSError errno messages on Windows
+    - Slightly improved startup time (ongoing Issue #1380)
+    - better readline module emulation (required for IPython support)
     - Python functions can be directly passed to Java methods that
        take a single method interface (such as Callable or Runnable)
+    - Add google indexer (by Yin Wang and Steve Yegge)
 
 Jython 2.5.1rc3
   Bugs Fixed


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