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diff --git a/Announcement.txt b/Announcement.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a249eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Announcement.txt @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ + A new SCons checkpoint release, 0.XX.0dYYYYMMDD, is now available at the + SCons download page: + + http://www.scons.org/download.php + + 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 methdology 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 0.XX: + + NEW FUNCTIONALITY + + - List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released) + + DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY + + - List anything that's been deprecated since the last release + + CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY + + - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior + wouldn't actually be considered a bug + + FIXES + + - List fixes of outright bugs + + IMPROVEMENTS + + - 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 + + - List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released + + DOCUMENTATION + + - 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 + + - List visible changes in the way SCons is developed + + Thanks to LARRY, MOE and CURLY for their contributions to this release. + |