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author | William Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com> | 2015-09-21 17:58:16 (GMT) |
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committer | William Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com> | 2015-09-21 17:58:16 (GMT) |
commit | 859dd4545a76e4f2d7bc90e8193a9175fbc0060b (patch) | |
tree | 664d1cf7f29a53b318ec658ccbcc0c3d79f0b790 /src | |
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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index 1d59702..7a13b81 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ released. Especially if you are directly using the Node class. ================================================================= -RELEASE 2.4.0 - Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:56:00 -0700 +RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER 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 diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt index 0299718..fd617cb 100644 --- a/src/CHANGES.txt +++ b/src/CHANGES.txt @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Change Log +RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER + + From John Doe: + + - Whatever John Doe did. + + RELEASE 2.4.0 - Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:56:00 -0700 From Dirk Baechle: diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 0bb481d..d13de57 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,47 +1,72 @@ - A new SCons release, 2.4.0, is now available + A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.3.9.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php - Here is a summary of the changes since 2.3.6: + XXX The primary purpose of this release ... XXX + + 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 - - None + - 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 - - None + - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior + wouldn't actually be considered a bug FIXES - - None + - List fixes of outright bugs IMPROVEMENTS - - Switched several core classes to use "slots", to - reduce the overall memory consumption in large - projects (fixes #2180, #2178, #2198) - - Memoizer counting uses decorators now, instead of - the old metaclasses approach. + - 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 - - Added new amd64 windows 64 bit installer + - 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, Andrew Featherstone 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__ |