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authorWilliam Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com>2015-09-21 17:48:21 (GMT)
committerWilliam Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com>2015-09-21 17:48:21 (GMT)
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update readme's
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-rw-r--r--src/README.txt55
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4f51523..05be712 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ version at the SCons download page:
Execution Requirements
======================
-Running SCons requires Python version 2.6 or later (Python 3 is not
+Running SCons requires Python version 2.7 or later (Python 3 is not
yet supported). There should be no other dependencies or requirements
to run SCons.
@@ -748,5 +748,5 @@ many contributors, including but not at all limited to:
\... and many others.
-__COPYRIGHT__
+Copyright (c) 2001 - 2015 The SCons Foundation
diff --git a/src/README.txt b/src/README.txt
index 5d880c2..d16433e 100644
--- a/src/README.txt
+++ b/src/README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
SCons - a software construction tool
- Version __VERSION__
+ Version 2.4.0
This is SCons, a tool for building software (and other files). SCons is
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ the latest version by checking the SCons download page at:
EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS
======================
-Running SCons requires Python version 2.4 or later. There should be
+Running SCons requires Python version 2.7.*. Currently it does not
+run on the Python 3.x release. There should be
no other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. (There is, however,
an additional requirement to *install* SCons from this particular
package; see the next section.)
@@ -70,17 +71,17 @@ By default, the above command will do the following:
making it the default on your system.
On UNIX or Linux systems, you can have the "scons" and "sconsign"
- scripts be hard links or symbolic links to the "scons-__VERSION__" and
- "sconsign-__VERSION__" scripts by specifying the "--hardlink-scons"
+ scripts be hard links or symbolic links to the "scons-2.4.0" and
+ "sconsign-2.4.0" scripts by specifying the "--hardlink-scons"
or "--symlink-scons" options on the command line.
- -- Install "scons-__VERSION__.bat" and "scons.bat" wrapper scripts in the
+ -- Install "scons-2.4.0.bat" and "scons.bat" wrapper scripts in the
Python prefix directory on Windows (C:\Python*, for example).
This can be disabled by specifying the "--no-install-bat" option
on the command line.
On UNIX or Linux systems, the "--install-bat" option may be
- specified to have "scons-__VERSION__.bat" and "scons.bat" files
+ specified to have "scons-2.4.0.bat" and "scons.bat" files
installed in the default system script directory, which is useful
if you want to install SCons in a shared file system directory
that can be used to execute SCons from both UNIX/Linux and
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ By default, the above command will do the following:
-- Install the SCons build engine (a Python module) in an
appropriate version-numbered SCons library directory
- (/usr/lib/scons-__VERSION__ or C:\Python*\scons-__VERSION__, for example).
+ (/usr/lib/scons-2.4.0 or C:\Python*\scons-2.4.0, for example).
See below for more options related to installing the build
engine library.
@@ -224,20 +225,26 @@ Check the SCons web site at:
AUTHOR INFO
===========
-
-Steven Knight
-knight at baldmt dot com
-http://www.baldmt.com/~knight/
-
-With plenty of help from the SCons Development team:
- Chad Austin
- Charles Crain
- Steve Leblanc
- Greg Noel
- Gary Oberbrunner
- Anthony Roach
- Greg Spencer
- Christoph Wiedemann
-
-__COPYRIGHT__
-__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__
+SCons was originally written by Steven Knight, knight at baldmt dot com.
+Since around 2010 it has been maintained by the SCons
+development team, co-managed by Bill Deegan and Gary Oberbrunner, with
+many contributors, including but not at all limited to:
+
+- Chad Austin
+- Dirk Baechle
+- Charles Crain
+- William Deegan
+- Steve Leblanc
+- Rob Managan
+- Greg Noel
+- Gary Oberbrunner
+- Anthony Roach
+- Greg Spencer
+- Tom Tanner
+- Anatoly Techtonik
+- Christoph Wiedemann
+- Russel Winder
+
+\... and many others.
+
+Copyright (c) 2001 - 2015 The SCons Foundation