rust-random · dhardy · Feb 18, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- [ ] Added a `CHANGELOG.md` entry
+
+# Summary
+
+# Motivation
+
+# Details
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,16 +8,44 @@ A [separate changelog is kept for rand_core](rand_core/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 You may also find the [Upgrade Guide](https://rust-random.github.io/book/update.html) useful.
 
-## [0.9.0] - unreleased
+## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+
+### Generators
+- Change `SmallRng::seed_from_u64` implementation (#1203)
+- Replace `SeedableRng` impl for `SmallRng` with inherent methods, excluding `fn from_seed` (#1368)
+
+### Sequences
+- Simpler and faster implementation of Floyd's F2 (#1277). This
+  changes some outputs from `rand::seq::index::sample` and
+  `rand::seq::SliceRandom::choose_multiple`.
+- New, faster algorithms for `IteratorRandom::choose` and `choose_stable` (#1268)
+- New, faster algorithms for `SliceRandom::shuffle` and `partial_shuffle` (#1272)
+- Re-introduce `Rng::gen_iter` (#1305)
+- Split trait `SliceRandom` into `IndexedRandom`, `IndexedMutRandom`, `SliceRandom` (#1382)
+
 ### Distributions
 - `{Uniform, UniformSampler}::{new, new_inclusive}` return a `Result` (instead of potentially panicking) (#1229)
 - `Uniform` implements `TryFrom` instead of `From` for ranges (#1229)
 - `Uniform` now uses Canon's method (single sampling) / Lemire's method (distribution sampling) for faster sampling (breaks value stability; #1287)
+- Relax `Sized` bound on `Distribution<T> for &D` (#1278)
+- Explicit impl of `sample_single_inclusive` (+~20% perf) (#1289)
+- Impl `DistString` for `Slice<char>` and `Uniform<char>` (#1315)
+- Let `Standard` support all `NonZero*` types (#1332)
+- Add `trait Weight`, allowing `WeightedIndex` to trap overflow (#1353)
+- Rename `WeightedError` to `WeightError`, revising variants (#1382)
+
+### SIMD
+- Switch to `std::simd`, expand SIMD & docs (#1239)
+- Optimise SIMD widening multipy (#1247)
 
 ### Other
-- Simpler and faster implementation of Floyd's F2 (#1277). This
-  changes some outputs from `rand::seq::index::sample` and
-  `rand::seq::SliceRandom::choose_multiple`.
+- Bump MSRV to 1.60.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341)
+- Improve `thread_rng` related docs (#1257)
+- Add `Cargo.lock.msrv` file (#1275)
+- Docs: enable experimental `--generate-link-to-definition` feature (#1327)
+- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349)
+- Support `std` feature without `getrandom` or `rand_chacha` (#1354)
 
 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-20
 ### Fixes

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "0.7.0", default-features = false }
+rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-rand_chacha = { path = "rand_chacha", version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+rand_chacha = { path = "rand_chacha", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 zerocopy = { version = "=0.8.0-alpha.5", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 # Used for fork protection (reseeding.rs)
 libc = { version = "0.2.22", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "0.4.0" }
+rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0" }
 # Only to test serde1
 bincode = "1.2.1"
 rayon = "1.5.3"

diff --git a/rand_chacha/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_chacha/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-- Made `rand_chacha` propagate the `std` feature down to `rand_core`
-- Performance improvements for AVX2: ~4-7%
+## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_chacha = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+
+- Made `rand_chacha` propagate the `std` feature down to `rand_core` (#1153)
+- Remove usage of `unsafe` in `fn generate` (#1181) then optimise for AVX2 (~4-7%) (#1192)
 
 ## [0.3.1] - 2021-06-09
 - add getters corresponding to existing setters: `get_seed`, `get_stream` (#1124)

diff --git a/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml b/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers", "The CryptoCorrosion Contributors"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rust-version = "1.60"
 rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.7.0" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0" }
 ppv-lite86 = { version = "0.2.14", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 

diff --git a/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_core = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+
+- Bump MSRV to 1.60.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341)
+- Allow `rand_core::impls::fill_via_u*_chunks` to mutate source (#1182)
+- Add `fn RngCore::read_adapter` implementing `std::io::Read` (#1267)
+- Add `trait CryptoBlockRng: BlockRngCore`; make `trait CryptoRng: RngCore` (#1273)
+- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349, #1393)
+
 ## [0.6.4] - 2022-09-15
 - Fix unsoundness in `<BlockRng64 as RngCore>::next_u32` (#1160)
 - Reduce use of `unsafe` and improve gen_bytes performance (#1180)

diff --git a/rand_core/Cargo.toml b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"

diff --git a/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,15 +4,26 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [0.5.0] - unreleased
+## [0.5.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_distr = "=0.5.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+
+### Additions
+- Make distributions comparable with `PartialEq` (#1218)
+- Add `WeightedIndexTree` (#1372)
+
+### Changes
+- Target `rand` version `0.9.0-alpha.0`
 - Remove unused fields from `Gamma`, `NormalInverseGaussian` and `Zipf` distributions (#1184)
   This breaks serialization compatibility with older versions.
-- Upgrade Rand
-- Fix Knuth's method so `Poisson` doesn't return -1.0 for small lambda
-- Fix `Poisson` distribution instantiation so it return an error if lambda is infinite
 - `Dirichlet` now uses `const` generics, which means that its size is required at compile time (#1292)
 - The `Dirichlet::new_with_size` constructor was removed (#1292)
 
+### Fixes
+- Fix Knuth's method so `Poisson` doesn't return -1.0 for small lambda (#1284)
+- Fix `Poisson` distribution instantiation so it return an error if lambda is infinite (#1291)
+- Fix Dirichlet sample for small alpha values to avoid NaN samples (#1209)
+- Fix infinite loop in `Binomial` distribution (#1325)
+
 ## [0.4.3] - 2021-12-30
 - Fix `no_std` build (#1208)
 

diff --git a/rand_distr/Cargo.toml b/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_distr"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ std_math = ["num-traits/std"]
 serde1 = ["serde", "rand/serde1"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { path = "..", version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0", default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["libm"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde_with = { version = "3.6.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_pcg = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../rand_pcg" }
+rand_pcg = { version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0", path = "../rand_pcg" }
 # For inline examples
-rand = { path = "..", version = "0.9.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
 # Histogram implementation for testing uniformity
 average = { version = "0.13", features = [ "std" ] }
 # Special functions for testing distributions

diff --git a/rand_pcg/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_pcg/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_pcg = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+
 - Add `Lcg128CmDxsm64` generator compatible with NumPy's `PCG64DXSM` (#1202)
 - Add examples for initializing the RNGs
 

diff --git a/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml b/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_pcg"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 serde1 = ["serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.7.0" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = { path = "..", version = "0.9" }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.0" }
 # This is for testing serde, unfortunately we can't specify feature-gated dev
 # deps yet, see: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/1596
 # Versions prior to 1.1.4 had incorrect minimal dependencies.