Commentary: Changes update

Changes

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Verilator 5.041 devel
 
 **Other:**
 
-* Add error on parameter values from hierarchical paths (#1626) (#6456). [Luca Rufer]
+* Add HIERPARAM error on parameter values from hierarchical paths (#1626) (#6456) (#6484). [Todd Strader] [Luca Rufer]
 * Add error on zero/negative unpacked dimensions (#1642). [Stefan Wallentowitz]
 * Add verilator_gantt profiling of DPI imports (#3084). [Geza Lore]
 * Add ASSIGNEQEXPR when use `=` inside expressions (#5567). [Ethan Sifferman]
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Verilator 5.041 devel
 * Support class package reference on pattern keys (#5653). [Todd Strader]
 * Support digits in `$sscanf` field width formats (#6083). [Iztok Jeras]
 * Support pure functions in sensitivity lists (#6393). [Krzysztof Bieganski, Antmicro Ltd.]
+* Support simple alias statements (#6339). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd.]
 * Improve automatic selection of logic for DFG synthesis (#6370). [Geza Lore]
 * Improve `covergroup with function sample` handling  (#6387). [Jakub Wasilewski]
 * Improve DFG type system (#6390). [Geza Lore]

README.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Welcome to Verilator
    * - **Widely Used**
         * Wide industry and academic deployment
         * Out-of-the-box support from Arm and RISC-V vendor IP
+        * Over 700 contributors
      - |verilator usage|
    * - |verilator community|
      - **Community Driven & Openly Licensed**
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ Related Projects
 - `Icarus Verilog`_ - Icarus is a highly-featured interpreted Verilog
   simulator. If Verilator does not support your needs, perhaps Icarus may.
 
+_ `Surfer <https://surfer-project.org/>`_, Web or offline waveform viewer
+  for Verilator traces.
+
 
 Open License
 ============

docs/guide/install.rst

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Those developing Verilator itself also need these (see internals.rst):
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    sudo apt-get install clang clang-format-18 cmake gdb gprof graphviz lcov
-   sudo apt-get install python3-clang python3-distro yapf3 bear jq
+   sudo apt-get install python3-clang python3-distro pipx yapf3 bear jq
    python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ~/.verilator_pyenv
    source ~/.verilator_pyenv/bin/activate
    pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme sphinxcontrib-spelling breathe gersemi mbake ruff

docs/spelling.txt

@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ miree
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+misdetecting
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