dylan-lang · housel · Jul 10, 2026 · Jul 8, 2026 · Jul 9, 2026 · Jul 9, 2026
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ bootstrap-stage-3-statics:
 	  file="$(abs_srcdir)/sources/app/deft/sources/commands/version.dylan"; \
 	  orig=$$(mktemp); \
 	  temp=$$(mktemp); \
-	  cp -p $${file} $${orig}; \
+	  cp $${file} $${orig}; \
 	  cat $${file} | sed "s|_NO_VERSION_SET_|$${git_version} built on $$(date -Iseconds)|g" > $${temp}; \
 	  mv $${temp} $${file}; \
 	  $(BOOTSTRAP_3_ENV) $(FDMAKE) --compiler "$(BOOTSTRAP_3_COMPILER)" --unify deft-app; \
-	  cp -p $${orig} $${file}
+	  cp $${orig} $${file}
 
 BOOTSTRAP_3_LLVM_RTGVARSyes = \
         OPEN_DYLAN_LLVM_RUNTIME_GENERATOR=$(BOOTSTRAP_3_ROOT)/bin/$(RTG)

diff --git a/build/unix/Containerfile b/build/unix/Containerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm
 
-ENV OPENDYLAN_DEPENDS "dumb-init autoconf automake libtool build-essential bzip2 clang-14 git-core make cmake ninja-build"
+ENV OPENDYLAN_DEPENDS "dumb-init autoconf automake libtool build-essential bzip2 clang-14 git-core make cmake ninja-build gawk zlib1g-dev libzstd-dev"
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \

diff --git a/build/unix/release-with-batteries.sh b/build/unix/release-with-batteries.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 # was also needed.
 
 # https://releases.llvm.org/
-LLVM_RELEASE=22.1.5
+LLVM_RELEASE=22.1.8
 LLVM_REL=$(echo $LLVM_RELEASE | sed s/-rc/rc/)
 
 LLVM_CLANG=$(echo $LLVM_RELEASE | sed 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/')

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([Open Dylan], [2026.2pre1])
+AC_INIT([Open Dylan], [2026.2])
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
 # Directory for config.guess etc.

diff --git a/documentation/source/library-reference/common-dylan/byte-storage.rst b/documentation/source/library-reference/common-dylan/byte-storage.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ The byte-storage Module
      - :meth:`byte-storage-address(<buffer>)`
      - :meth:`byte-storage-address(<byte-string>)`
      - :meth:`byte-storage-address(<byte-vector>)`
-     - :gf:`byte-storage-offset-address`
 
 .. method:: byte-storage-address
    :specializer: <byte-string>

diff --git a/documentation/source/release-notes/2026.2.rst b/documentation/source/release-notes/2026.2.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Open Dylan 2026.2
 *****************
 
-This document describes the 2026.2 release of Open Dylan, released <month>, 2026.  The
+This document describes the 2026.2 release of Open Dylan, released July, 2026.  The
 highlights of the release are listed below.  For complete details see the `commit logs
 <https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan/compare/v2026.1.0...v2026.2.0>`_ for this
 release.
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Compiler
   ABIs, and which improves performance in certain situations (such as
   dispatching methods with keyword arguments).
 
+* Several phases of compilation, including Optimization, Emitting,
+  and Linking, are now marginally faster.
+
 * The ``base-address`` keyword in LID and HDP project files,
   specifying a default load address for DLLs on Windows, has been
   obsoleted. The :guilabel:`Base address` project link option in the
@@ -44,17 +47,18 @@ IDE
   https://opendylan.org web site in the default browser rather than
   starting an outdated HTML Help file.
 
-Tools
-=====
-
-TODO
-
 Bundled Library Updates
 =======================
 
 Changes to libraries that are part of the `opendylan repository
 <https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan>`_.
 
+Dylan
+-----
+
+* The maximum number of elements that can be stored in a
+  :drm:`<table>` increased from 9562387 to 463830313.
+
 Common-Dylan
 ------------
 
@@ -71,10 +75,10 @@ System
   :class:`<file-system-error>` if the target file exists and ``if-exists: #"signal"`` (the
   default) is used.
 
-* On Unix platforms, the :gf:`current-date` function now returns
-  :class:`<date>` objects providing microsecond precision. Similarly,
-  the :gf:`current-timestamp` function now properly reflects
-  millisecond precision.
+* On Unix platforms, the :gf:`current-date` function and the
+  date-related file properties now return :class:`<date>` objects
+  providing microsecond precision. The :gf:`current-timestamp`
+  function now properly reflects millisecond precision.
 
 * Several functions in the :lib:`system` library were previously
   implemented on Unix platforms using C library routines that used
@@ -84,15 +88,14 @@ System
 Submoduled Library Updates
 ==========================
 
-The following changes were made to Open Dylan dependencies that are included as Git
-submodules.
-
-TODO
+No submodule updates occurred in this release.
 
 Contributors
 ============
 
 We'd like to thank all the people that made contributions to this release and
 to surrounding libraries in the Dylan ecosystem....
 
-TODO
+* Peter S. Housel
+* Carl Gay
+* Bruce Mitchener
diff --git a/documentation/source/release-notes/index.rst b/documentation/source/release-notes/index.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Open Dylan Release Notes
 ========================
 
+* :doc:`2026.2`
 * :doc:`2026.1`
 * :doc:`2025.1`
 * :doc:`2024.1`
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Open Dylan Release Notes
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
 
+   2026.2
    2026.1
    2025.1
    2024.1

diff --git a/sources/lib/release-info/common-info.dylan b/sources/lib/release-info/common-info.dylan
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define constant $license-agreement-filename   = "License.txt";
 /// Release constants
 define constant $release-product-name       = "Open Dylan";
 define constant $release-product-identifier = "opendylan";
-define constant $release-version            = "2026.2pre1";
+define constant $release-version            = "2026.2";
 
 define constant $release-copyright
   = "Copyright (c) 1997-2004, Functional Objects, Inc.\n"