---
- branch: MAIN
  date: Thu Jan 28 13:06:19 UTC 2010
  files:
  - new: '1.26'
    old: '1.25'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/Makefile
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/Makefile@1.26
    type: modified
  - new: '1.12'
    old: '1.11'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/PLIST
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/PLIST@1.12
    type: modified
  - new: '1.21'
    old: '1.20'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/distinfo
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/distinfo@1.21
    type: modified
  - new: '1.4'
    old: '1.3'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/patches/patch-ad
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/patches/patch-ad@1.4
    type: modified
  - new: '1.2'
    old: '1.1'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/patches/patch-ae
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/parrot/patches/patch-ae@1.2
    type: modified
  id: 20100128T130619Z.15883b347a2eb78bff5c063d2086166a7d9de6a0
  log: |
    Update parrot from version 1.8.0 to 1.9.0.

    Pkgsrc changes:
     o Adjust patches to match new code
     o Adjust PLIST to what's being installed

    Upstream changes:

    - Core
      + Made profiling runcore output format configurable and extensible
        options include "pprof" and "none" ("binary" and "callgrind" are planned)
      + Added environment variables to specify profiling output type and filename
        (PARROT_PROFILING_OUTPUT and PARROT_PROFILING_FILENAME)
      + Began merging Freeze/Thaw and Bytecode generator/loader
    - Compilers
      + Included latest nqp-rx compiler, with many improvements
        - GLOBAL:: package identifier
        - dynamic variables look in global namespace
        - $obj."$method" syntax
        - :p(os) and :c(ontinue) option on regexes
        - try/CATCH/CONTROL handling
        - support leading & on subroutine declarations
        - allow "category:" names (for builtin operators)
        - simple version of smartmatch operator
        - simple regex matches
        - updated HLL::Compiler with new import/export methods
    - Miscellaneous
      + Portability updates for RTEMS, and Intel architectures with GNU compilers
      + Completed conversion of ticket tracking system from RT to Trac
      + New draft of PDD31 for HLL export API and import implementation
      + Several (build time, runtime) performance improvements
      + Converted many tests to PIR, reducing test execution time
      + Various bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes
  module: pkgsrc
  subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/parrot'
  unixtime: '1264683979'
  user: he