[FFE] sync Parrot version 2.6

[Allison Randal]

Binary package hint: parrot

The Parrot 2.6 packages have been uploaded to Debian unstable:

  https://buildd.debian.org/build.cgi?pkg=parrot

The packages made it into Debian in time for the FeatureFreeze, but after DebianImportFreeze. I didn't get the sync request in soon enough, so I'm requesting a FeatureFreeze Exception now.

I've attached the NEWS diff since the previous stable release (2.3, which is currently in maverick). The 2.6 release of Parrot includes substantial speed improvements, as well as new feature additions to the compiler tool chain. These feature additions are necessary to build Rakudo (the first stable release of Perl 6). Currently, no other packages in the distribution (main, universe, or multiverse) depend on Parrot.

I successfully built the packages for maverick in my PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~allison/+archive/ppa/+packages

Thanks,
Allison

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

Ack. Approved.

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

And sync'd.