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| author | William Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com> | 2016-04-09 23:04:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | William Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com> | 2016-04-09 23:04:42 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 32d5a08..ac2b95a 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,76 +1,72 @@ - A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.5.0, is now available + A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.6.0.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php XXX The primary purpose of this release ... XXX - Here is a summary of the changes since 2.4.1: + 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 1.3.0: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - We're enhancing implicit language scanning functionality to improve - correctness. SCons now honors scanner keys for implicit dependencies - and correctly changes scanner type (if necessary) when traversing - implicit dependency trees. - - This enhancement resolves missing dependencies - with built-in scanners including SWIG (#2264) and QT: - * http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2264 - - - This enhancement broadens the horizon for handling heterogeneous - data flow environments (E.G. software builds): - - http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.scons.user/26596 - - - SCons may find new (and correct) dependencies in cross-langauge contexts. - - Update may cause rebuilds, especially in heterogeneous data environments. - - Update may find previously missed dependencies errors (E.G. cycles). - - Discovered in some QT test cases. - - SCons handles the SCANNERS variable differently. - - Previously, the Install builder would scan implicit dependencies for - a scanner found in SCANNERS (but not for built-in scanners), but now - the Install builder will not scan recursively regardless in order - to optimize Install behaviour and bring orthogonality to previous behaviour. - - - New external tool scons-configurecache which allows some configuration of - how files in the cache are controlled. + + - List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released) DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY - - None + - List anything that's been deprecated since the last release CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY - - SCons handles cache directories a bit differently/ - - Cache files are now stored in 256 subdirectories in the cache directory by - default (this stresses NFS less). Existing cache directories will remain as - current, but SCons will prompt you to run scons-configure-cache which will - allow you to migrate to the new layout, or confirm you want to use the - existing layout. + - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior + wouldn't actually be considered a bug FIXES - - This enhancement resolves missing dependencies with built-in scanners including - SWIG (#2264) and QT - See New Features above - * http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2264 + - List fixes of outright bugs IMPROVEMENTS - - None + - 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 PACKAGING - - None + - List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released DOCUMENTATION - - None + - 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) DEVELOPMENT - - None + - List visible changes in the way SCons is developed - Thanks to Dirk Baechle, William Blevins, William Deegan, Jakub Pola, Adarsh Sanjeev, Tom Tanner - for their contributions to this release. + Thanks to CURLY, LARRY, and MOE for their contributions to this release. Contributors are listed alphabetically by their last name. __COPYRIGHT__ |