Bring back NEWS to the manual (JuliaLang#30282)

* Bring back NEWS.md to the manual.

* Misc NEWS.md changes:

- Separate out stdlib changes into separate headings.
- Remove emtpy Compiler section.
- Change Julia 1.1.0 to Julia 1.1

NEWS.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Julia v1.1.0 Release Notes
+Julia v1.1 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
 New language features
@@ -52,37 +52,24 @@ Standard library changes
  * `copy!` support for arrays, dicts, and sets has been moved to Base from the Future package ([#29173]).
  * Channels now convert inserted values (like containers) instead of requiring types to match ([#29092]).
  * `range` can accept the stop value as a positional argument, e.g. `range(1,10,step=2)` ([#28708]).
- * `edit` can now be called on a module to edit the file that defines it ([#29636]).
  * `diff` now supports arrays of arbitrary dimensionality and can operate over any dimension ([#29827]).
- * `sprandn` now supports specifying the output element type ([#30083]).
- * All compiler-reflection tools (i.e. the `code_` class of functions and macros) now print accurate
- line number and inlining information in a common style, and take an optional parameter (debuginfo=:default)
- to control the verbosity of the metadata shown ([#29893]).
  * The constructor `BigFloat(::BigFloat)` now respects the global precision setting and always
  returns a `BigFloat` with precision equal to `precision(BigFloat)` ([#29127]). The optional
  `precision` argument to override the global setting is now a keyword instead of positional
  argument ([#29157]).
  * The use of scientific notation when printing `BigFloat` values is now consistent with other floating point
  types ([#29211]).
- * `Regex` and `TimeZone` now behave like scalars when used in broadcasting ([#29913], [#30159]).
+ * `Regex` now behave like a scalar when used in broadcasting ([#29913]).
  * `Char` now behaves like a read-only 0-dimensional array ([#29819]).
  * `parse` now allows strings representing integer 0 and 1 for type `Bool` ([#29980]).
  * `Base.tail` now works on named tuples ([#29595]).
- * `randperm` and `randcycle` now use the type of their argument to determine the element type of
- the returned array ([#29670]).
  * The process id is appended to malloc log files in order to track memory allocations of
  multiple processes ([#29969]).
  * `Base.julia_cmd` now propagates the `--inline=(yes|no)` flag ([#29858]).
- * New `DateTime(::Date, ::Time)` constructor ([#29754]).
- * `isdiag` and `isposdef` for `Diagonal` and `UniformScaling` ([#29638]).
- * `mul!`, `rmul!` and `lmul!` methods for `UniformScaling` ([#29506]).
- * `Symmetric` and `Hermitian` matrices now preserve the wrapper when scaled with a number ([#29469]).
- * New `edit(m::Module)` method which opens the main source file for module `m` ([#29636]).
  * `Base.@kwdef` can now be used for parametric structs, and for structs with supertypes ([#29316]).
  * `merge(::NamedTuple, ::NamedTuple...)` can now be used with more than 2 `NamedTuple`s ([#29259]).
  * `Future.copy!` has been moved to `Base` ([#29178]).
  * New `ncodeunits(c::Char)` method as a fast equivalent to `ncodeunits(string(c))` ([#29153]).
- * `mean` and `var` now handles the empty case ([#29033]).
  * New `sort!(::AbstractArray; dims)` method that can sort the array along the `dims` dimension ([#28902]).
  * `range` now accept `stop` as a positional argument ([#28708]).
  * `parse(Bool, str)` is now supported ([#29997]).
@@ -91,12 +78,34 @@ Standard library changes
  * `current_project()` now searches the parent directories of a Git repository for a `Project.toml` file.
  This also affects the behavior of the `--project` command line option when using the default
  `--project=@.` ([#29108]).
+
+#### Dates
+ * New `DateTime(::Date, ::Time)` constructor ([#29754]).
+ * `TimeZone` now behave like a scalar when used in broadcasting ([#30159]).
+
+#### InteractiveUtils
+ * `edit` can now be called on a module to edit the file that defines it ([#29636]).
+ * All compiler-reflection tools (i.e. the `code_` class of functions and macros) now print accurate
+ line number and inlining information in a common style, and take an optional parameter (debuginfo=:default)
+ to control the verbosity of the metadata shown ([#29893]).
+
+#### LinearAlgebra
+ * `isdiag` and `isposdef` for `Diagonal` and `UniformScaling` ([#29638]).
+ * `mul!`, `rmul!` and `lmul!` methods for `UniformScaling` ([#29506]).
+ * `Symmetric` and `Hermitian` matrices now preserve the wrapper when scaled with a number ([#29469]).
  * Exponentiation operator `^` now supports raising a `Irrational` to an `AbstractMatrix` power ([#29782]).
+
+#### Random
+ * `randperm` and `randcycle` now use the type of their argument to determine the element type of
+ the returned array ([#29670]).
  * A new method `rand(::Tuple)` implements sampling from the values of a tuple ([#25278]).
  * `serialize` and `deserialize` now accept a filename argument, like `write` and `read` ([#30151]).
 
-Compiler/Runtime improvements
------------------------------
+#### SparseArrays
+ * `sprandn` now supports specifying the output element type ([#30083]).
+
+#### Statistics
+ * `mean` and `var` now handles the empty case ([#29033]).
 
 External dependencies
 ---------------------

doc/make.jl

@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ cd(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src")) do
  end
 end
 
-# # Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
-# str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
-# splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
-# @assert length(splitted) == 2
-# replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
-# write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
+# Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
+str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
+splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
+@assert length(splitted) == 2
+replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
+write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
 
 const PAGES = [
  "Home" => "index.md",
- # hide("NEWS.md"),
+ hide("NEWS.md"),
  "Manual" => [
  "manual/getting-started.md",
  "manual/variables.md",

doc/src/index.md

@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ end
 import Markdown
 Markdown.parse(String(take!(io)))
 ```
-
-Please read the [release blog post](https://julialang.org/blog/2018/08/one-point-zero) for a general overview of the language and
-many of the changes since Julia v0.6. Note that version 0.7 was released alongside
-1.0 to provide an upgrade path for packages and code that predates the 1.0 release.
-The only difference between 0.7 and 1.0 is the removal of deprecation warnings.
-For a complete list of all the changes since 0.6, see the [release notes for version 0.7](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v0.7.0/NEWS/)
+Please read the [release notes](NEWS.md) to see what has changed since the last release.
 
 ### [Introduction](@id man-introduction)