Changes:
- Rename the binary, include and library to pypy-2.1 (recommended by mva@).
This is in preparation to introduce PyPy3 (PyPy implementing Python 3.2)
Highlights:
* JIT support for ARM, architecture versions 6 and 7, hard- and soft-float ABI
* Stacklet support for ARM
* Support for os.statvfs and os.fstatvfs on unix systems
* Improved logging performance
* Faster sets for objects
* Interpreter improvements
* During packaging, compile the CFFI based TK extension
* Pickling of numpy arrays and dtypes
* Subarrays for numpy
* Bugfixes to numpy
* Bugfixes to cffi and ctypes
* Bugfixes to the x86 stacklet support
* Fixed issue 1533: fix an RPython-level OverflowError for
space.float_w(w_big_long_number). https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1533
* Fixed issue 1552: GreenletExit should inherit from BaseException.
https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1552
* Fixed issue 1537: numpypy __array_interface__ https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1537
* Fixed issue 1238: Writing to an SSL socket in PyPy sometimes failed with a
"bad write retry" message. https://bugs.pypy.org/issue1238
Port ChangeLog:
* Sqlite3 added as a dependency
* DIST_SUBDIR no longer used as upstream now releases with a proper tarball
* Added ability to translate with pypy running in restricted memory mode
( faster than python2.7 and uses less memory!)
* Added support for pypy modules that use cffi (_sqlite3 and _curses)
Approved by: eadler,bdrewery (mentors, implicit)
The internals of the port have been substantially reworked:
* All predefined instances can be selected via options [1]
* Optionally use options, if user does not overwrite instance list
* Make translation with pypy an option, if it is available.
* Make memory checking more refined [2]
* Add a Wiki page details lang/pypy
* Fix the test target
* Refactor build target (easier to review, edit)
* Rename patches to prevent churn
[1] Although two are broken upstream and one possibly discontinued
[2] My memory limits appear to be too conservative. Set PYPY_IGNORE_MEM for now
Reviewed by: Kuro <poyopoyo@puripuri.plala.or.jp>, rm@
Approved by: bdrewery (mentor)
