code review 4240081: release.2011-03-07

release.2011-03-07

[adg, 2011-03-07 02:37:30]

Hello r, rsc (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com),

I'd like you to review this change to
https://go.googlecode.com/hg/

[rsc, 2011-03-07 02:43:07]

missing .hgtags changes

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 21:37,  <adg@golang.org> wrote:
> Reviewers: r, rsc,
>
> Message:
> Hello r, rsc (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com),
>
> I'd like you to review this change to
> https://go.googlecode.com/hg/
>
>
> Description:
> release.2011-03-07
>
> Please review this at http://codereview.appspot.com/4240081/
>
> Affected files:
>  M doc/devel/release.html
>
>
> Index: doc/devel/release.html
> ===================================================================
> --- a/doc/devel/release.html
> +++ b/doc/devel/release.html
> @@ -5,6 +5,57 @@
>  <p>This page summarizes the changes between tagged releases of Go.
>  For full details, see the <a
> href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/list">Mercurial change log</a>.</p>
>
> +<h3 id="2011-03-07">2011-03-07</h3>
> +
> +<pre>
> +Changes in this release:
> +* build: fixes and simplifications (thanks Dave Cheney),
> +        move $GOBIN ahead of /bin, /usr/bin in build $PATH.
> +* bzip2: speed up decompression.
> +* cgo: fix dwarf type parsing (thanks Gustavo Niemeyer),
> +        put temporary source files in _obj (thanks Roger Peppe),
> +        fix bug involving 0-argument callbacks.
> +* compress/lzw: optimizations.
> +* doc: add FAQ about "implements",
> +        add FAQ about large binaries ,
> +        add FAQ about stack vs heap allocation,
> +        add internationalization to roadmap,
> +        describe platform-specific conventions in code.html.
> +* fmt: allow recursive calls to Fscan etc (thanks Roger Peppe),
> +        make %#p suppress leading 0x.
> +* gc, gopack: add some missing flags to the docs.
> +* gc: fix init of packages named main (thanks Gustavo Niemeyer),
> +* gob: make recursive map and slice types work, and other fixes.
> +        tentative support for GobEncoder/GobDecoder interfaces.
> +* gobuilder: add -package flag to build external packages and -v for
> verbose.
> +* gofmt: exclude test file that is not legal Go.
> +* goinstall: protect against malicious filenames (thanks Roger Peppe).
> +* goyacc: provide -p flag to set prefix for names, documentation update.
> +* http: add cookie support (thanks Petar Maymounkov),
> +        allow handlers to send non-chunked responses,
> +        export ParseHTTPVersion,
> +        expose Client's Transport,
> +        use WriteProxy,
> +        rename ClientTransport to Transport.
> +* http/cgi: new package.
> +* http/httptest: new package.
> +* image: add a decoding test for common file formats.
> +* io/ioutil: add TempDir.
> +* mime/multipart: Header changed from map to MIMEHeader
> +* path/filepath: new OS-specific path support (thanks Gustavo Niemeyer).
> +* reflect: add PtrTo, add Value.Addr (old Addr is now UnsafeAddr).
> +* runtime: use kernel-supplied compare-and-swap on linux/arm.
> +* spec: minor clarification of scope rule for functions.
> +* sync/atomic: new package to expose atomic operations.
> +* syscall: regenerate zerrors_freebsd_amd64.go (thanks Mikio Hara),
> +        work around FreeBSD execve kernel bug (thanks Devon H. O'Dell).
> +* template: document the delimiters.
> +* testing: run GC before each benchmark run (thanks Roger Peppe).
> +* unsafe: fix the documentation.
> +* websocket: use httptest.Server for tests (thanks Robert Hencke).
> +* xml: permit nested directives (thanks Chris Dollin).
> +</pre>
> +
>  <h3 id="2011-02-24">2011-02-24</h3>
>
>  <pre>
>
>
>

[adg, 2011-03-07 02:44:28]

Hello r, rsc (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com),

Please take another look.

[dave_cheney.net, 2011-03-07 02:47:20]

Please wait till 4256057 is checked in to avoid breaking the build on OS X

[rsc, 2011-03-07 02:54:14]

LGTM

submitted the io/ioutil fix.
doesn't need to be in the notes.

[dave_cheney.net, 2011-03-07 02:55:12]

Thanks Russ

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> wrote:
> LGTM
>
> submitted the io/ioutil fix.
> doesn't need to be in the notes.
>

[adg, 2011-03-07 02:55:26]

*** Submitted as http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=21848430d601 ***

release.2011-03-07

R=r, rsc, dfc
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/4240081