Author: Armin Rigo <ar...@tunes.org> Branch: Changeset: r90714:4b6b0c95ec49 Date: 2017-03-15 19:57 +0100 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/4b6b0c95ec49/
Log: a few more details diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-v5.7.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-v5.7.0.rst --- a/pypy/doc/release-v5.7.0.rst +++ b/pypy/doc/release-v5.7.0.rst @@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ CFFI_ has been updated to 1.10, improving an already great package for interfacing with C. -We now use shadowstack as our default gcrootfinder_, asmgcc will be deprecated -at some future point. While about 3% slower, shadowstack is much more -easily maintained and debuggable. +We now use shadowstack as our default gcrootfinder_ even on Linux. The +alternative, asmgcc, will be deprecated at some future point. While about 3% +slower, shadowstack is much more easily maintained and debuggable. Also, +the performance of shadowstack has been improved in general: this should +close the speed gap between Linux and other platforms. As always, this release fixed many issues and bugs raised by the growing community of PyPy users. We strongly recommend updating. _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
