[racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Eli Barzilay
The release announcement sketch is finally ready, apologies for the delay. It should be close to being a final version, and I'll probably proceed with the release tonight -- so if there are any issues with it, please reply soon. -

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > * The new db library offers a high-level, functional interface to >  popular relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, >  and SQLite, as well as other systems via ODBC. I think this should go first, ahead of XREPL. > * Typed

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Matthias Felleisen
On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > >> * The new db library offers a high-level, functional interface to >> popular relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, >> and SQLite, as well as other systems vi

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Vincent St-Amour
At Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:21:24 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > > * DrRacket comes with an experimental, on-line check syntax > >  function.  By default, it is turned off.  To turn it on, right > >  click on the red circle in the buttom right corner of the DrRacket > >  window.  Warning: turning th

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Eli Barzilay
20 minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > > * The new db library offers a high-level, functional interface to > >  popular relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, > >  and SQLite, as well as other systems via ODBC. > >

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:50:25 -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote: > 20 minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > > > * Fixed several GUI problems. > > > > This should explicitly mention Ubuntu 11.10/GTK3, and go ahead of > > most of the others. > > I'll leave this for Matthew to decide. (There were a bunch

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Neil Toronto
On 11/02/2011 09:06 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: The release announcement sketch is finally ready, apologies for the delay. It should be close to being a final version, and I'll probably proceed with the release tonight -- so if there are any issues with it, please reply soon. ---

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread James McCoy
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > * A new XREPL collection provides convenient commands for uses of >  plain racket. Is that supposed to be "commands for users"? -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James McCoy _ Fo

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2

2011-11-02 Thread Robby Findler
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: >> > * DrRacket comes with an experimental, on-line check syntax >> >   function.  By default, it is turned off.  To turn it on, right >> >   click on the red circle in the buttom right corner of the >> >   DrRacket window.  Warning: turning thi

[racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Eli Barzilay
All edits are in this version. -- Release highlights: * The new `db' library offers a high-level, functional interface to popular relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite, as well as other systems

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > * The `plot' collection has been reimplemented in Racket.  It now >  offers PDF output, log axes, histograms, and more.  Some code that >  uses `plot' will still work, and some will need light porting. >  The `plot/compat' module offers expedi

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Eli Barzilay
Just now, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > > * The `plot' collection has been reimplemented in Racket.  It now > >  offers PDF output, log axes, histograms, and more.  Some code that > >  uses `plot' will still work, and some will need light por

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > >> >  - Typed Racket now supports defining function with optional >> >    arguments using the same syntax as Racket. >> >> > * Fixed several GUI problems, including problems on Ubuntu 11.10 >> >  (GTK+ 3) and 64-bit Mac OS X. >> >> This should

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Eli Barzilay
A few minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > > >> >  - Typed Racket now supports defining function with optional > >> >    arguments using the same syntax as Racket. > >> > >> > * Fixed several GUI problems, including problems on Ubuntu >

Re: [racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.2, second call

2011-11-02 Thread Neil Toronto
On 11/02/2011 03:31 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: Just now, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: * The `plot' collection has been reimplemented in Racket. It now offers PDF output, log axes, histograms, and more. Some code that uses `plot' will still