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| -rw-r--r-- | src/Announce.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/CHANGES.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/RELEASE.txt | 56 |
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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index a2197a1..7d80e79 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -19,13 +19,29 @@ effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.php#users to sign up for the scons-users mailing list. -RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 +RELEASE 2.3.0 - FEB XXX 2013 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. + Please note the following important changes since release 2.2.0: + + -- A lot of python pre-2.4 compatibility code was removed + in this release. 2.4 is the official floor for SCons, + but this release will likely enforce it more rigidly. + + -- Spawning subprocesses on Windows should now be more reliable with -jN + + -- MSVC10 and MSVC11 support improved, and fixed MSVS11 solution generation. + + -- Various TeX/LaTeX builder improvements + + -- Support for versioned shared libs on Linux and Mac, via + SHLIBVERSION and InstallVersionedLib. + + -- WiX builder updates Please note the following important changes since release 2.1.0: @@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 -- SCons now searches sitewide dirs for site_scons - -- Support for Latex bibunits package has been added along with + -- Support for Latex bibunits package has been added along with support for tex files generated by other builders @@ -106,7 +122,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 the same version as MSVC_VERSION. Support for HOST_OS,HOST_ARCH,TARGET_OS, TARGET_ARCH has been - added to allow specifying different target arch than the host + added to allow specifying different target arch than the host system. This is only supported for Visual Studio/Visual C++ at this time. @@ -261,7 +277,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 initializing construction environments with the 'g77' Tool module: env = Environment(tools = ['g77', 'default']) - + The above code is backwards compatible to older versions of SCons. If you notice any other changes in the behavior of default @@ -521,7 +537,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 non-True value: env = Environment(IMPLICIT_COMMAND_DEPENDENCIES = 0) - + or by adding Ignore() calls for any targets where the behavior is desired: @@ -618,7 +634,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 env.Foo('tgt1', 'src1') env.Bar('tgt2', 'src2') - + SCons would have expected to find a source file 'src1.foo' for the env.Foo() call, but a source file 'src2' for the env.Bar() call. diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt index 16cfa3a..a33c75d 100644 --- a/src/CHANGES.txt +++ b/src/CHANGES.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Change Log -RELEASE 2.X.X - +RELEASE 2.3 - From Anatoly Techtonik: - Added ability to run scripts/scons.py directly from source checkout @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RELEASE 2.X.X - * provided a new module rpmutils.py, wrapping the RPM naming rules for target files and further hardware-dependent info (compatibility, compiler flags, ...), - * added new test methods must_exist_one_of() and + * added new test methods must_exist_one_of() and must_not_exist_any_of() and * removed Aegis support from runtest.py. (#2872) @@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ RELEASE 2.X.X - From Rob Managan: - Updated the TeX builder to support the \newglossary command in LaTeX's glossaries package and the files it creates. - - Improve support for new versions of biblatex in the TeX builder + - Improve support for new versions of biblatex in the TeX builder so biber is called automatically if biblatex requires it. - Add SHLIBVERSION as an option that tells SharedLibrary to build a versioned shared library and create the required symlinks. - Add builder InstallVersionedLib to create the required symlinks + Add builder InstallVersionedLib to create the required symlinks installing a versioned shared library. RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 @@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000 From Alexey Petruchik: - Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 11 (both using it and generating MSVS11 solution files). - + From Alexey Klimkin: - Fixed the Taskmaster, curing spurious build failures in multi-threaded runs (#2720). - + From Dirk Baechle: - Improved documentation of command-line variables (#2809). - Fixed scons-doc.py to properly convert main XML files (#2812). @@ -155,18 +155,18 @@ RELEASE 2.1.0 - Mon, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:57 -0700 - Fix Intel compiler to sort versions >9 correctly (esp. on Linux) - Fix Install() when the source and target are directories and the target directory exists. - + From David Garcia Garzon: - Fix Delete to be able to delete broken symlinks and dir symlinks. - + From Robert Lehr: - Handle .output file generated by bison/yacc properly. Cleaning it when necessary. From Antoine Dechaume: - Handle SWIG file where there is whitespace after the module name - properly. Previously the generated files would include + properly. Previously the generated files would include the whitespace. From Dmitry R.: @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ RELEASE 2.1.0 - Mon, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:57 -0700 From Evgeny Podjachev and Alexey Petruchick: - - Support generation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (9.0) + - Support generation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (9.0) and 2010 (10.0) project and solution files. From Ken Deeter: @@ -291,13 +291,13 @@ RELEASE 2.1.0 - Mon, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:57 -0700 - The TeX builders should now work with tex files that are generated by another program. Thanks to Hans-Martin von Gaudecker for isolating the cause of this bug. - + - Added support for INDEXSTYLE environment variable so makeindex can find style files. - Added support for the bibunits package so we call bibtex on all the bu*.aux files. - + - Add support of finding path information on OSX for TeX applications MacPorts and Fink paths need to be added by the user @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ RELEASE 2.0.0.final.0 - Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:01:37 -0700 - Fix "Ignoring corrupt sconsign entry" warnings when building in a tree with a pre-2.0 .sconsign file. - - Fix propagation from environment of VS*COMNTOOLS to resolve issues + - Fix propagation from environment of VS*COMNTOOLS to resolve issues initializing MSVC/MSVS/SDK issues. - Handle detecting Visual C++ on Python verions with upper-case diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 2ec9219..db886fa 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,46 +1,47 @@ - A new SCons release, 2.1.0.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available + A new SCons release, 2.3.0, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php This release adds several new features and fixes many issues. - Here is a summary of the changes since 2.1: + Here is a summary of the changes since 2.2: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - 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 + - Versioned shared library support for Linux and Mac: + Add SHLIBVERSION as an option that tells SharedLibrary to build + a versioned shared library and create the required symlinks. + Add builder InstallVersionedLib to create the required symlinks + installing a versioned shared library. DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY - - None + - Removed a lot of Python 2.3 and older support code + - Hide deprecated --debug={dtree,stree,tree} from --help output CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY - - 32-bit Visual Express C++ on 64-bit Windows now generates 32-bit code instead of giving errors + - No changes FIXES - - 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). - + - Fix subprocess spawning on Windows. Work around a Windows + bug that can crash python occasionally when using -jN. (#2449) + - Fix nested LIBPATH expansion by flattening sequences in subst_path. + - Fix WiX Tool to use .wixobj rather than .wxiobj for compiler output + - Add MSVC10 and MSVC11 support to get_output low-level bat script runner. + - Fix MSVS solution generation for VS11, and fixed tests. IMPROVEMENTS - - 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) + - Error messages from option parser now include hints about valid choices + - Support building with WiX releases after 2.0 + - Print target name with command execution time with --debug=time + - Updated the TeX builder to support the \newglossary command + in LaTeX's glossaries package and the files it creates. + - Improve support for new versions of biblatex in the TeX builder + so biber is called automatically if biblatex requires it. PACKAGING @@ -48,11 +49,19 @@ DEVELOPMENT - - No changes + - Updated test framework to support dir and file fixtures and + added ability to test external (out-of-tree) tools. + See doc in QMTest/test-framework.rst. + - Added ability to run scripts/scons.py directly from source checkout + - Several fixes for runtest.py + - Fixed several errors in the test suite. + - Add -jN support to runtest.py to run tests in parallel + Thanks to: Dirk Baechle, Vincent Beffar, + Thomas Berg, Jean-François Colson, Bauke Conijn, Bill Deegan, @@ -66,6 +75,7 @@ Thanks to: Steven Knight, Arve Knudsen, Jean-Baptiste Lab, + Juan Lang, Rob Managan, Mortoray, Gary Oberbrunner, |