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diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 1c20e26..168bcec 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -20,23 +20,27 @@ more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at: -RELEASE 0.01 - Thu Dec 13 19:25:23 CST 2001 +RELEASE 0.02 - Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:05:19 -0600 - This is the initial alpha release of SCons. This release contains a - lot of functionality, and owing to an extensive test suite, the SCons - team believes that this release is of sufficient quality that you can - use it for real work. + This is the second alpha release of SCons. Please consult the + CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release. + + Owing to an extensive test suite, the SCons team believes that this + release is of sufficient quality that you can use it for real work, + despite the "alpha" label. Nevertheless, because this is an alpha release, heed the following disclaimers: - - Expect bugs. Please report any bugs or other problems that you - find to our bug tracker at our SourceForge project page: + - Do not be surprised if there are bugs. Please report any bugs + or other problems that you find to our bug tracker at our + SourceForge project page: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=30337&atid=398971 We have a reliable bug-fixing methodology already in place and - expect to respond to problems relatively quickly. + expect to respond to problems relatively quickly. (We have fixed + 9 out of 10 reported bugs in the eight days since release 0.01.) - It is possible that interfaces will change in future releases. We will strive to hold this to a minimum, but you may need to modify @@ -53,6 +57,14 @@ RELEASE 0.01 - Thu Dec 13 19:25:23 CST 2001 portions of the interface as we figured out what worked and what didn't during implementation.L + - There may be performance issues. If you find the performance + unacceptable, we would like to hear from you and learn more + about your configuration so we can optimize the right things. + + - Error messages don't always exist where they'd be helpful. + Please let us know about any errors you ran into that would + have benefitted from a (more) descriptive message. + KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE: - Support for parallel builds (-j) does not work on WIN32 systems @@ -77,9 +89,6 @@ RELEASE 0.01 - Thu Dec 13 19:25:23 CST 2001 - No support yet for the following future features: - - Separate build directories (BuildDir(), a.k.a. "Link" in - Cons classic) - - Repository search paths (-Y) - Configurable signature calculation |