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author | Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> | 2008-12-22 03:26:03 (GMT) |
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committer | Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> | 2008-12-22 03:26:03 (GMT) |
commit | d4867f4f5b3d0fddc41a67d7f0782d49750cf771 (patch) | |
tree | bd2269c76160be751bfe0f965d8163820232ddb7 | |
parent | 0178900d41aabd0e55624e35f270f115ed4e3b72 (diff) | |
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Add a release note about the mandatory warnings (i.e. warnings
which cannot be disabled) in 1.3.0 for deprecated features.
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diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 0a8b14a..4d25e03 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -25,6 +25,34 @@ RELEASE 1.2.0 - Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:47:29 -0800 Please consult the CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release. + Please note the following important changes scheduled for the next + minor release (1.3.0): + + -- DEPRECATED FEATURES WILL GENERATE MANDATORY WARNINGS IN 1.3.0 + + In keeping with our deprecation cycle, the following deprecated + features will still be supported in 1.3.0 but will generate + mandatory, non-disableable warnings: + + -- Support for Python versions 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.1. + -- The overrides= keyword argument to the Builder() call. + -- The scanner= keyword argument to the Builder() call. + -- The BuildDir() function and env.BuildDir() method. + -- The env.Copy() method. + -- The SourceSignatures() function and + env.SourceSignatures() method. + -- The TargetSignatures() function and + env.TargetSignatures() method. + -- The Sig module (now an unnused stub). + -- The --debug=dtree, --debug=stree and --debug=tree options. + -- The --debug=nomemoizer option. + + The mandatory warnings will be issued in order to make sure + users of 1.3.0 notice *prior* to the release of SCons 2.0.0, that + these features will be removed. In SCons 2.0.0 these features + will no longer work at all, and will instead generate specific + fatal errors when anyone tries to use them. + Please note the following important changes since release 1.1.0: -- THE $CHANGED_SOURCES, $CHANGED_TARGETS, $UNCHANGED_SOURCES |