[Python-checkins] r53459 - python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

Tue Jan 16 14:03:08 CET 2007

Author: marc-andre.lemburg
Date: Tue Jan 16 14:03:06 2007
New Revision: 53459
Modified:
 python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Add news items for the recent pybench and platform changes.
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Tue Jan 16 14:03:06 2007
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Changed platform module API python_version_tuple() to actually
+ return a tuple (it used to return a list)
+
+- Added new platform module APIs python_branch(), python_revision(),
+ python_implementation() and linux_distribution()
+
+- Added support for IronPython and Jython to the platform module
+
 - The sets module has been deprecated. Use the built-in set/frozenset types
 instead.
 
@@ -376,6 +384,20 @@
 number properly.
 
 
+Tools
+-----
+
+- Added IronPython and Jython support to pybench (part of which
+ was patch #1563844)
+
+- Made some minor changes to pybench output to allow the user
+ to see which Python version is running pybench
+
+- Added support for the new platform module feature
+ platform.python_implementation(); this will now be saved
+ in the benchmark pickle
+
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
