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diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 5fd6cf3..9793e8a 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -20,18 +20,17 @@ more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at: -RELEASE 0.07 - Thu, 2 May 2002 13:37:16 -0500 +RELEASE 0.08 - - This is the seventh alpha release of SCons. Please consult the + This is the eighth alpha release of SCons. Please consult the CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release. - Please note the following UPCOMING very important change: + Please note the following important changes since release 0.07: - - As of the next SCons release (0.08), Builder objects will no longer - automatically split target and source file strings on white space. - SCons will interpret the string arguments for the target or source - files as the complete name of the file, even if the name contains - white space. + - Builder objects no longer automatically split target and source + file strings on white space. SCons will interpret the string + arguments for the target or source files as the complete name of + the file, even if the name contains white space. Consequently, any builder calls that you have defined which supply multiple file names in a single string, such as: @@ -86,19 +85,6 @@ RELEASE 0.07 - Thu, 2 May 2002 13:37:16 -0500 for_signature. You will need to add this argument to any generator functions you have defined. - Please note the following important changes since release 0.05: - - - Python functions as Builder actions now take Node objects, not - strings, as arguments. The string representation of a Node - object is the file name, so you should change your function - actions to use the str() built-in function to fetch the file - name: - - def build_it(target = None, source = None, env = None): - print "Building %s from %s" % (str(target), str(source)) - open(str(target), 'w').write(open(str(source), 'r').read()) - return 0 - 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. |