2015-02-23

Author: brson

content/2015-02-23-this-week-in-rust.md

@@ -13,24 +13,78 @@ contributions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/wiki/Note-guide-for-new-contrib
 *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).
 
+# The big news
+
+Rust [1.0.0-alpha.2] was released on Friday, but keep using
+nightlies. Six more weeks until the beta, which should become
+1.0. *Only* six more weeks.
+
+[1.0.0-alpha.2]: http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/02/20/Rust-1.0-alpha2.html
+
 # What's cooking on master?
 
-XXX pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged], and XXX [RFC PRs][rfcs].
+127 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged], and XXX [RFC PRs][rfcs].
 
-[merged]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-01-12..2015-01-18
-[rfcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-01-12..2015-01-18
+[merged]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-16..2015-02-23
+[rfcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-16..2015-02-23
 
 Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*!
 
 [BitRust]: http://bitrust.octarineparrot.com/
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
-
+* A [variety of tweaks][thread] have been made to `std::thread` before
+  declaring it stable.
+* The `vec!` macro accepts a new form, `vec![element; len]`, which
+  [produces a vector containing a number of clones of the same
+  element][elem].
+* The `CString` type has seen a few modifications, as well as the
+  [introduction of the `CStr` type][cstr].
+* `IntoIterator` now has an [associated type for specifying the element
+  type][into].
+* `ExactSizeIterator` is [no longer implemented][exact] for 64-bit
+  ranges.
+* In target specs, `target-word-size` [is now called
+  `target-pointer-width`][tpw], to match the recently changed
+  `target_pointer_width` cfg attribute.
+* [`fmt::Writer` was renamed to `fmt::Write`][write].
+* A [number][audit1] of [modules][audit2] have been [audited][audit3]
+  for incorrect use of `isize` and `usize`.
+* Use of arbitrary attributes not defined by the language [is feature
+  gated][attr].
+
+[cstr]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22482
+[elem]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22455
+[thread]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22435
+[tpw]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22191
+[exact]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22299
+[write]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22311
+[into]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22313
+[audit1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22339
+[audit2]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22401
+[audit3]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22485
+[attr]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22364
 
 ## Other Changes
 
-
+* [`Send` no longer requires `'static`][send], which make it possible
+  to express various data-parallel scenarious by sharing interior
+  pointers. [RFC][send-rfc].
+* The ['Macros'] chapter of TRPL has been overhauled and a new
+  ['Advanced Macros'] chapter added.
+* `rustc --version` now reports the [build date] in addition to the
+  commit date, to make it more clear what nightly you are on.
+* Florian Hahn [added a new category of 'parse-fail' tests][parse] to
+  the test suite. This makes it easier to compare model parsers to the
+  production parser.
+
+[send]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22319
+[send-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0458-send-improvements.md
+[build date]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22201
+[parse]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22118
+['Macros']: http://doc.rust-lang.org/book/macros.html
+['Advanced Macros']: http://doc.rust-lang.org/book/advanced-macros.html
 
 ## New Contributors
 
@@ -45,12 +99,26 @@ Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*!
 
 # Friend of the Tree
 
-The Rust Team likes to occassionally recognize people who have made outstanding contributions to The Rust Project, its ecosystem, and its community. These people are 'friends of the tree'.
+The Rust Team likes to occassionally recognize people who have made
+outstanding contributions to The Rust Project, its ecosystem, and its
+community. These people are 'friends of the tree'.
+
+This week's friend of the tree was ... Toby Scrace.
 
-This week's friend of the tree was ...
+"Today I would like to nominate Toby Scrace as Friend of the
+Tree. Toby emailed me over the weekend about a login vulnerability on
+crates.io where you could log in to whomever the previously logged in
+user was regardless of whether the GitHub authentication was
+successful or not. I very much appreciate Toby emailing me privately
+ahead of time, and I definitely feel that Toby has earned becoming
+Friend of the Tree."
 
 # Quote of the Week
 
+```
+15:35 <Binero> so a Cow is a String that clones as soon as you try to mutate it?
+13:53 <scott> it clones when you try to mootate it
+```
 
 # Notable Links
 

drafts/YYYY-MM-DD-this-week-in-rust-template.md

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*!
 
 # Friend of the Tree
 
-The Rust Team likes to occassionally recognize people who have made outstanding contributions to The Rust Project, its ecosystem, and its community. These people are 'friends of the tree'.
+The Rust Team likes to occassionally recognize people who have made
+outstanding contributions to The Rust Project, its ecosystem, and its
+community. These people are 'friends of the tree'.
 
 This week's friend of the tree was ...