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+Title: This Week in Rust 69
+Date: 2015-02-09
+Category: This Week in Rust
+
+Hello and welcome to another issue of *This Week in Rust*!
+[Rust](http://rust-lang.org) is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
+safety, concurrency, and speed. This is a weekly summary of its progress and
+community. Want something mentioned? [Send me an
+email!](mailto:[email protected]?subject=This%20Week%20in%20Rust%20Suggestion)
+Want to get involved? [We love
+contributions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/wiki/Note-guide-for-new-contributors).
+
+*This Week in Rust* is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust).
+If you find any errors or omissions in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls).
+
+# What's cooking on master?
+
+99 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged], and 11 [RFCs][rfcs].
+
+[merged]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-02..2015-02-08
+[rfcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-02..2015-02-08
+
+Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*!
+
+[BitRust]: http://bitrust.octarineparrot.com/
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+* `std::path` [has been rewritten][path] to improve ergonomics and
+  better support platform-spcific features. The old path module still
+  exists as `std::old_path` and remains exported by the prelude (for
+  now). [RFC][path-rfc].
+* [`std::env`][env] has been added to the standard library as an
+  overhaul of the existing `std::os` module, which is now
+  deprecated. Part of the almighty [RFC 517][env-rfc].
+* And also we've got a [new `std::io` module][io], again part of
+  the [mother of RFCs][io-rfc].
+* The explicit [closure kind syntax][close] (`|&:|`, `|&mut:|`, `|:|`)
+  is obsolete and closure kind is inferred from context.
+* In order to make drop semantics optimizable it is no longer possible
+  to [move into uninitialized arrays or out of fixed sized
+  arrays][array]. [RFC][array-rfc].
+* The `#![no_std]` attribute that allows for operation without the
+  standard library has [been placed behind the `no_std` feature
+  gate][no_std].
+* The scope if iterator expressions has been [narrowed][scope] in a
+  way that breaks minor corner-cases.
+* The deprecated `MaybeOwnedVector` type [has been removed][maybe].
+
+[path]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21759
+[path-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0474-path-reform.md
+[env]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21787
+[env-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0517-io-os-reform.md#stdenv
+[io]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21835
+[io-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0517-io-os-reform.md
+[close]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21843
+[array]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21971
+[array-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0533-no-array-elem-moves.md
+[scope]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21984
+[no_std]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21988
+[maybe]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22009
+
+## Other Changes
+
+* The `boxed::into_raw` and `Box::frow_raw` functions [convert between
+  `Box<T>` and `*mut T`][boxraw], a common pattern for creating raw
+  pointers.
+* Initial [support for OpenBSD][openbsd] and [BitRig][bitrig], an OpenBSD fork,
+  appeared this week, from Sébastien Marie and Dave Huseby respectively.
+
+[boxraw]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21318
+[openbsd]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21754
+[bitrig]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21959
+
+## New Contributors
+
+
+
+# Approved RFC's
+
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+
+# New RFC's
+
+
+
+# Community
+
+
+## Announcements
+
+* [Weekly-meetings/2014-18-11][mtg]: what? [Reddit][mtg-reddit].
+
+[mtg]: https://github.com/rust-lang/meeting-minutes/blob/master/weekly-meetings/2014-18-11.md
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