Add note about non-recursive Makefiles

akuchling · akuchling · commit 4308d3c4b5b4 · 2001-01-29T17:36:53.000Z
Get Fred's name right
Add some XXX items that need to be written
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex
@@ -250,6 +250,13 @@ \section{PEP 229: New Build System}
 it's possible that this change may become an optional build method
 instead of the default, or it may even be backed out completely.
 
+In another far-reaching change to the build mechanism, Neil
+Schemenauer restructured things so Python now uses a single makefile
+that isn't recursive, instead of makefiles in the top directory and in
+each of the Python/, Parser/, Objects/, and Modules/ subdirectories.
+This makes building Python faster, and also makes the build process
+clearer and simpler.
+
 \begin{seealso}
 \seepep{229}{Using Distutils to Build Python}{Written and implemented by A.M. Kuchling.}
 \end{seealso}
@@ -361,6 +368,12 @@ \section{Minor Changes and Fixes}
 from the dictionary and returns it as a 2-tuple.  This was implemented
 mostly by Tim Peters and Guido van Rossum, after a suggestion and
 preliminary patch by Moshe Zadka.
+
+% Not checked into CVS yet -- only proposed
+%\item The \operator{in} operator now works for dictionaries
+%XXX 'if key in dict' now works.
+(Thomas Wouters)
+
  
 \item \module{curses.panel}, a wrapper for the panel library, part of
 ncurses and of SYSV curses, was contributed by Thomas Gellekum.  The
@@ -406,6 +419,9 @@ \section{Minor Changes and Fixes}
  
 This change was proposed and implemented by Thomas Wouters.
 
+\item XXX Characters in repr() of strings now use hex escapes, and 
+use \n,\t,\r for those characters (Ka-Ping Yee)
+
 \item The \module{ftplib} module now defaults to retrieving files in passive mode,
 because passive mode is more likely to work from behind a firewall.
 This request came from the Debian bug tracking system, since other
@@ -449,7 +465,7 @@ \section{Weak References}
 
 \begin{seealso}
 
-\seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake.}
+\seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake, Jr.}
 
 \end{seealso}
 
