= Mercurial 6.9rc1 = /!\ These are release notes for a release candidate version. Any and all points can be reverted before the final release. * 68160:e4b242f9d4d9 "streamclone: disable the volatile file open handle optimization on Windows" * 68193:e6a44bc91bc2 "rust-update: make `update_from_null` respect `worker.numcpu` config option" * 68267:96b113d22b34 "rust-update: handle SIGINT from long-running update threads" * 68167:e698e3e75420 "rust-cpython: add a TODO about repo reuse" * 68205:069735062524 "pytype: add relative timestamp to the output if `ts` is available" * 68155:891f6d56f3db "hgweb: skip logging ConnectionAbortedError" Below are many, many changes that have to do with building/testing wheels, adding some sharding to the CI and MacOS + Windows compatibility work: * 68024:6f7cc970bfda "run-tests: don't use shell call for subprocess" * 68025:1dbbb957bbe6 "run-tests: add a --hg-wheel options to test a pre-built wheel" * 68026:6f641ebe759e "ci: unify the way `check-pytype` inherit the common setting" * 68027:c99cbb02a82e "ci: split the jobs on more stage" * 68028:0de1895c2218 "ci: build a wheel and use it to run c tests" * 68120:a81d2cafdbcc "tests: stabilize `test-extdiff.t` on macOS" * 68121:6ca0771b32ef "tests: disable `test-git-interop.t` with a requirements directive" * 68122:74e16d8ca5f3 "tests: disable a section of `test-hgrc.t` that may hit a zeroconf bug" * 68154:8766d47edfd1 "ci: add a runner for Windows 10" * 68157:3ba998d7fc77 "tests: treat `select` as a built-in module on Windows" * 68194:cfc4985b2964 "tests: disable a section of `test-paths.t` that may hit a zeroconf bug" * 68195:54be3c9bc81f "tests: conditionalize missing output in test-racy-mutations.t on Windows" * 68196:bda065f37f64 "tests: add a "missing" tests for manifest content in test-racy-mutations.t" * 68197:16b300e30139 "tests: bump the wait timeouts in test-racy-mutations.t" * 68198:2ff4a2533b92 "test-install: use the global hg for the install step" * 68199:e88939f53342 "test-install: glob instance of "python" in warning" * 68200:c32b17e8f414 "ci: pre-adjust some identation" * 68201:2c4283c9fa93 "setup: add a way to force the setup to translate (or fail)" * 68202:d22b6d6e02e1 "ci: use smaller VM to build wheel" * 68203:94ded8440db6 "ci: use a pre-setup many-linux image to build wheel" * 68204:7dd466f13f9b "ci: build (and use) wheel for all supported version" * 68206:5ea21e0c28aa "ci: automatically compute the python tag we use to identify tag" * 68207:f8d5001dd03e "run-tests: install wheel using --prefix instead of --user" * 68208:ba0a842e0907 "pycompat: drop some now useless workaround for makedirs" * 68209:97d86d5b16f8 "wheel: build mac os wheel through the CI" * 68210:50fa42a2a79a "ci: use the macos wheel to run tests" * 68211:75bc7557e49f "ci: use extends instead of <<: *x" * 68212:74a9fbc1b574 "ci: move some variables closer to their usage" * 68213:b3d6afa6ebbf "ci: rationalize variable usage" * 68214:4762133a56b3 "ci: abstract the of absolute /tmp/ path" * 68215:d6ed4da850ea "ci: move the "tempory work dir" to "concurrency-safe" location" * 68216:63ad6b0c2b6a "ci: adjust the starting port range to runner concurrency" * 68217:b3e696e879fc "ci: have the mac test run if you trigger building the mac wheel" * 68218:36e4d1457c6b "run-tests: implement crude sharding support" * 68219:fa58f4f97337 "ci: shard the test run on mac os X" * 68268:9048a0d782e1 "dev-version: change the scheme of non tagged version" * 68272:4496f059cf5c "wheel: enforce that translation being build for macos wheel" * 68280:7a149cf41398 "run-tests: focus on listing the selected test for the shard tests" * 68281:00cdec2398ee "run-tests: cleanup the "output" directory after the related tests" * 68282:2cdd3e85abf7 "tests: drop PYTHONPATH manipulation in test-pushvars.t" * 68283:7c1d7edff91b "windows: work around argument size limitation in test-bookmarks-pushpull.t" * 68284:02da7e767065 "windows: adjust PYTHONPATH update in test-status-color.t" * 68285:a76dcb82148e "ci: use a concurrency safe TMP dir on Windows" * 68286:b25fc1f25edf "ci: again common element into a `.windows` template" * 68287:f514c5acfdd6 "ci: split the windows runtest invocation into more granular variables" * 68288:be1f06902861 "windows: skip test-clonebundles-autogen.t in the CI" * 68289:4bbb4fc9af3b "ci: adjust port range on windows too" * 68290:7a568296296e "windows: simply rely on the PATH adjustment to find python.exe in tests" * 68291:d0e728b0db0e "wheel: assign CIBW_SKIP globally" * 68292:763817eca85e "wheel: make --hg-wheel works on Windows" * 68293:e25e4647437b "wheel: build Windows wheels too" * 68294:6c777d25e8a6 "wheel: explicitly list built architecture" * 68295:8cacf7952f14 "wheel: test the built wheel in the windows tests" * 68296:48f772a5c476 "ci: shard the tests on windows too" * 68304:4602e90207f3 "wheel: enforce that translation being build for windows wheel" * 68308:201bfadc0371 "setup: remote a debug statement that slipped through" * 68319:35a9b6d3b484 "setup: factor version computation in a function" * 68320:2b7e3177f99c "setup: use the same code to compute tag from archive" * 68321:05addf266f6f "wheel: add a platform level to the wheel directories" * 68322:b8efa9013d3f "wheel: add a job uploading nightly build" * 68328:4d825ad10840 "wheels: factor the core of Linux wheel building into a script" * 68329:4b9cf9924cd7 "wheels: update the Linux wheels make target" * 68330:d57d1606049c "clone: properly exclude rev-branch-cache from post clone cache warming" * 68331:124c944b71b2 "setup: make sure Rust build its extension for the right python" * 68334:309f58964a9e "setup: preserve version part after the "+" on Windows" * 68337:084e7ae69ae4 "wheel: build windows wheel for ARM64 too" * 68339:16e5de783a1b "ci: adds a trigger for all pycompat jobs" * ci: let the Windows runner decide how many job they want to run = Mercurial 6.9rc0 = /!\ These are release notes for a release candidate version. Any and all points can be reverted before the final release. == New Features == * exchange: improve computation of relevant markers for large repos * Add a Rust fast-path to speed up update (also for `clone`) from null (up to 4x faster) * Introduced a new rev-branch-cache version (v2) that is mmap-resistant * The branchmap's performance was improved * Improved the performance of the fix for issue6528 * clonebundles: allow manifest to specify sha256 digest of bundles * merge: improve working-copy mtime race handling * profiling: add a py-spy profiling backend * revlog: use an explicit config option to enable mmap usage for index * revlog: use mmap by default is pre-population is available * mmap: populate the mapping by default * mmap: populate mapping in a background thread == Experimental features == * merge: add a config to allow conflict-free merge of changes on adjacent lines == Bug Fixes == * `config.server.validate` now also works on narrowed repositories * convert: fix various leaked file descriptors * stream: prefer keeping an open file handle to volatile file instead of copy * dummysmtpd: fix EOF handling on newer versions of OpenSSL * cext: correct the argument handling of `b85encode()` * branchmap-v3: make sure we write the cache after detecting pure-topo mode * rust: apply clippy lints * copies: make sure deleted copy info do not overwriting unrelated ones * rebase: don't call rewriteutil.precheck() with to-be-skipped commits * phabricator: correct the default value of `phabhunk.corpus` * linelog: correct the default value of `annotateresult.lines` * largefiles: avoid a potentially undefined variable in exception case * httppeer: move a variable to avoid a bad reference before assignment warning * httppeer: avoid another bad reference before assignment warning * tests: use packaging from setuptools instead of deprecated distutils * manifest: type and fix unhexlify * manifest: align some vfs option access on the fact we might not have options * scmutils: read the requires file before writing to avoid unnecessary rewrite * debugsparse: stop taking the store lock * sparse: reliably avoid writing to store without a lock * largefiles: sync up `largefilesdirstate` methods with `dirstate` base class * shelve: raise an error when loading a corrupt state file in an impossible case * monotone: replace %s interpolation with appropriate numeric specifiers * shelve: consistently convert exception to bytes via `stringutil.forcebytestr` * remotefilelog: honor the `--format` arg of the `debugindex` command * remotefilelog: adapt the `debugindex` command to past API changes * run-tests: add color to the progress output * archive: defer opening the output until a file is matched * help: add :config-doc:`section.key` shorthand to insert documentation * censor: document the censor.policy option (issue6909) * rust-revlog: don't try to open the data file if the index is empty * bundlerepo: fix mismatches with repository and revlog classes * revlog: make `clearcaches()` signature consistent with ManifestRevlog * unionrepo: fix mismatches with revlog classes * keepalive: fix a signature mismatch for a http.client.HTTPResponse subclass * lfs: fix various signature mismatches for vfs subclasses * store: fix a signature mismatch for a vfs subclass * util: avoid a leaked file descriptor in `util.makelock()` exceptional case * statichttprepo: fix `httprangereader.read()` for py3 * util: make `mmapread()` work on Windows again * mdiff: tweak calls into `bdiff.fixws` to match its type hints * base85: avoid a spurious use-before-initialized warning in `pure` module * install: static data moved from setup.py to pyproject.toml * upgrade: disable using the parallel workers optimization on macOS * doc: generate separate commands/topics/extension pages * extdiff: don't run gui programs when in a cli-only environment * clonebundles: stop shell quoting `HGCB_BUNDLE_BASENAME` environment variable * rev-branch-cache: disable mmapping by default on Windows == Backwards Compatibility Changes == * This release drops support for Python 3.6 and 3.7. == Internal API Changes == * manifest: deprecated readdelta and readfast == Miscellaneous == * http: reuse Python's implementation of read/readline/readinto * http: use urllib's cookie handler * rev-branch-cache: schedule a write of the "v2" format if we read from "v1" * rev-branch-cache: have debugupdatecache warm rbc too * rev-branch-cache: reenable memory mapping of the revision data * debugwireproto: redo logging to also work for https * rust: use `.cargo/config.toml` instead of `.cargo/config` * A whole bunch of typing improvements, which in turn found many bugs * Test suite improvements * Various packaging improvements