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author | Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> | 2012-08-05 14:14:04 (GMT) |
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committer | Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> | 2012-08-05 14:14:04 (GMT) |
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Update CHANGES, Release and Announce prior to 2.2.0 release.
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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index be3148d..e2b4001 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -19,26 +19,32 @@ effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.php#users to sign up for the scons-users mailing list. -RELEASE 2.1.0 - Mon, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:57 -0700 +RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:57 -0700 - Please consult the RELEASE.txt file for a summary changes since the last + Please consult the RELEASE.txt file for a summary of changes since the last release and consult the CHANGES.txt file for complete a list of changes since last release. This announcement highlights only the important changes. - IMPORTANT: In 1.3.0 and 2.0.0, explicit dependencies (configured via - the Depends() call) are ignored for any nodes that do not have builders. - This known issue[1] will typically only happen if you explicitly - configure a builder call to create multiple output files, some of which - are "hidden" from SCons by not being listed in the targets list, and then - use Depends() to establish an explicit dependency on a "hidden" file. - [1] See http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2647 for details. + Please note the following important changes since release 2.1.0: + + -- New gettext toolset for internationalization + + -- Support for Visual Studio 11 + + -- Support for Intel C/C++ compiler v12 on Linux and Mac + + -- LaTeX support for multibib, biblatex and biber Please note the following important changes since release 2.0.0: + -- Support for Windows manifest generation + + -- SCons now searches sitewide dirs for site_scons + -- Support for Latex bibunits package has been added along with - support for tex files generated by other builders. + support for tex files generated by other builders Please note the following important changes since release 1.3.0: diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt index 0e97a4c..b820727 100644 --- a/src/CHANGES.txt +++ b/src/CHANGES.txt @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Change Log RELEASE 2.X.X - + From dubcanada on Bitbucket: - Fix 32-bit Visual Express C++ on 64-bit Windows (generate 32-bit code) diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 0914988..2ec9219 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,148 +1,81 @@ - A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.1.0.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available + A new SCons release, 2.1.0.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php - XXX The primary purpose of this release ... XXX + This release adds several new features and fixes many issues. - A SCons "checkpoint release" is intended to provide early access to - new features so they can be tested in the field before being released - for adoption by other software distributions. - - Note that a checkpoint release is developed using the same test-driven - development methodology as all SCons releases. Existing SCons - functionality should all work as it does in previous releases (except - for any changes identified in the release notes) and early adopters - should be able to use a checkpoint release safely for production work - with existing SConscript files. If not, it represents not only a bug - in SCons but also a hole in the regression test suite, and we want to - hear about it. - - New features may be more lightly tested than in past releases, - especially as concerns their interaction with all of the other - functionality in SCons. We are especially interested in hearing bug - reports about new functionality. - - We do not recommend that downstream distributions (Debian, Fedora, - etc.) package a checkpoint release, mainly to avoid confusing the - "public" release numbering with the long checkpoint release names. - - Here is a summary of the changes since 2.0: + Here is a summary of the changes since 2.1: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - SCons now supports Microsoft Visual Studio 11. - - - SCons can now automatically embed manifests in Windows executables - and DLLs, by setting WINDOWS_EMBED_MANIFEST in the environment. - - - SCons now searches for site_scons dirs in several system-wide - and per-user locations, in addition to the SConstruct top dir. - This should enable much easier use of third-party (non-core) - Tools. - - - List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released) + - New gettext toolset for internationalization + - Support for Visual Studio 11 (both using it and generating solution files) + - Support for Intel C/C++ compiler v12 on Linux and Mac + - LaTeX support for multibib, biblatex and biber DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY - - List anything that's been deprecated since the last release + - None CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY - - scons --version now prints the path to the SCons package in use - - - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior - wouldn't actually be considered a bug - - - Add initial support for VS/VC 2010 + - 32-bit Visual Express C++ on 64-bit Windows now generates 32-bit code instead of giving errors FIXES - - Fixed occasional crashes with -jN on Windows. - - Windows resource compiler (RC) scanner now handles DOS line endings - - Visual Studio project generation now works when CPPPATH contains Dir nodes - - Visual Studio projects are regenerated when CPPPATH or CPPDEFINES change - NOTE: this will cause all MSVS projects to be regenerated with this version. - - Passing MSVC_BATCH=False works now (treated same as 0) - - Long compile lines no longer break MSVC_BATCH mode - - RPATH is now in LINKCOM rather than LINKFLAGS, so resetting - LINKFLAGS doesn't kill RPATH - - Precompiled headers on Windows no longer break when used with - variant dirs containing spaces. - - Delete can now delete symlinks to directories and broken symlinks - - CPPDEFINES containing dictionaries now work better. - - A problem with using implicit-cache and removing dependencies on - disk is corrected. - - A problem with FS Entries which are dirs and have builders - is corrected. - - A problem with Install() of a dir when the dest dir exists - is corrected. - - Windows subprocess output should now be more reliable. - - The users guide and man page have various fixes. - - Appending to default $*FLAGS in a copied environment - now works properly. - - LaTeX scanner is improved for broken lines or embedded spaces. - - Windows UNC paths (\\SERVER\SHARE\dir) now work much better. - - - List fixes of outright bugs + - Fixed FindSourceFiles to find final sources (leaf nodes). + - Make Windows not redefine builtin file as un-inheritable (#2857) + - Fix WINDOWS_INSERT_DEF on MinGW (Windows) (#2856) + - Fix LINKCOMSTR, SHLINKCOMSTR, and LDMODULECOMSTR on Windows (#2833). + - Make -s (silent mode) be silent about entering subdirs (#2976). + - Fix cloning of builders when cloning environment (#2821). + - Fixed the Taskmaster, curing spurious build failures in + multi-threaded runs (#2720). + - Fixed scons-doc.py to properly convert main XML files (#2812). IMPROVEMENTS - - ParseFlags now supports -std=c++0x and related CXXFLAGS - - ParseFlags now supports -dylib_file from pkgconfig - - New debugging options to print unlink/relinking of variant files - (--debug=duplicate) and preparation of targets (--debug=prepare). - - SCons can now generate MSVS 9.0 and 10.0 Projects and Solutions. - - MSVS Solution generation is improved. - - Fortran 03 is supported (preliminary) - - .sx files are now treated as assembly sources. - - site_scons/site_init.py is now treated as a proper module - with __doc__, __file__ and __name__. - - TeX command strings now work on Windows when the new dir is - on a different drive letter. - - DMD version 2 is supported (using the phobos2 library) - - New --debug=prepare option shows each target as it's prepared - for building; can help when you don't know why a target isn't - being built. - - - List improvements that wouldn't be visible to the user in the - documentation: performance improvements (describe the circumstances - under which they would be observed), or major code cleanups + - Improved documentation of command-line variables (#2809). + - Show valid Visual Studio architectures in error message + when user passes invalid arch. + - Allow Node objects in Java path (#2825) PACKAGING - - List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released - - DOCUMENTATION - - - List any significant changes to the documentation (not individual - typo fixes, even if they're mentioned in src/CHANGES.txt to give - the contributor credit) + - No changes DEVELOPMENT - - List visible changes in the way SCons is developed + - No changes - Thanks to +Thanks to: Dirk Baechle, - Vincent Beffara, - Grzegorz Bizoń, + Vincent Beffar, Jean-François Colson, Bauke Conijn, Bill Deegan, Ken Deeter, + dubcanada on Bitbucket, Luca Falavigna, Alexander Goomenyuk, Justin Gullingsrud, + Joshua Hughes, + Alexey Klimkin, Steven Knight, Arve Knudsen, Jean-Baptiste Lab, Rob Managan, + Mortoray, Gary Oberbrunner, + Alexey Petruchik, Evgeny Podjachev, + smallbub on Bitbucket, Sohail Somani, Anatoly Techtonik, + Paweł Tomulik, + Greg Ward, Allen Weeks, Russel Winder, Joe Zuntz |