Rand v0.8, rand_distr v0.4

[dhardy]

Slated for the end of the week. I think we can go ahead with this?

@newpavlov @josephlr how is getrandom v0.2.1 progressing? I guess you are waiting for CI fixes too.

To check:

• changelogs are okay
• book is ready: Updating guide for Rand 0.8 book#28

[newpavlov]

how is getrandom v0.2.1 progressing? I guess you are waiting for CI fixes too.

I think we can release it after merging rust-random/getrandom#177 and rust-random/getrandom#178, but I can not merge PRs without at least one review. We also need to migrate CI to GitHub Actions. I can do the Windows/Linux/MacOS/docs part, but I am not confident enough about WASM and cross-platform parts. I guess, we can add the latter ones in a separate PR a bit later.

[dhardy]

I think you can mostly copy the Rand CI config. A cross case is already included, but not WASM. Maybe @josephlr can help with that.

[dhardy]

I updated the changelog (quite a bit was missing).

We're still missing the note regarding stdweb and winxp deprecation in the update guide (book#28). Shall we wait on that before publishing?

[newpavlov]

@dhardy
I can do a release today, if you'll approve the PRs.

[dhardy]

@newpavlov I'd prefer not to: (1) I passed maintenance over to @josephlr and (2) it doesn't actually matter if the Rand release is ahead of getrandom v0.2.1 provided we mention this in the book. I'm waiting on @vks to update the book, but I guess I can if he can't.

[dhardy]

I think that's the third time sudo apt install gcc-multilib has failed today.

[newpavlov]

Add apt-get update before the install command as I did here.

[dhardy]

rand v0.8 is live, seems I can't publish rand_distr v0.4 now.

[josephlr]

getrandom v0.2.1 is live (with all the changes @newpavlov mentioned above). I also have rust-random/getrandom#192 which adds some more CI stuff (for wasm/wasi).

Sorry for the delay in reviewing over the holidays!!