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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index f96e703..5f121af 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -18,14 +18,7 @@ So that everyone using SCons can help each other learn how to use it more effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.php#users to sign up for the scons-users mailing list. -==============IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NEXT VERSION V2.4.0=========== - -PLEASE READ. CHANGES COMING IN NEXT MAJOR RELEASE V2.4.0 -As has been pre-announced in SCons's mailing lists: - -* https://pairlist4.pair.net/pipermail/scons-users/2014-July/002734.html , -* https://pairlist2.pair.net/pipermail/scons-dev/2014-December/002107.html -* https://pairlist4.pair.net/pipermail/scons-users/2015-February/003454.html +==============IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR VERSION V2.4.0=========== We're planning to switch the Node class to using "slots" in the core sources, mainly to reduce memory consumption by up to 35% in large build projects. @@ -45,6 +38,10 @@ RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER changes. + Please note the following important changes since release 2.3.6: + - Switch Node class to using "slots" should reduce memory usage + and speed up builds. + Please note the following important changes since release 2.3.5: - Support for Visual Studio 2015 diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 83212a7..74d955e 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,72 +1,46 @@ - A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.3.8.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available - on the SCons download page: + A new SCons release, 2.4.0 , is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php - 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: + Here is a summary of the changes since 2.3.6: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released) + - None DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY - - List anything that's been deprecated since the last release + - None CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY - - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior - wouldn't actually be considered a bug + - Switched several core classes to using "slots", for + reducing the overall memory consumption in large + projects (fixes #2180, #2178, #2198) + - Memoizer counting uses decorators now, instead of + the old metaclasses approach. FIXES - - List fixes of outright bugs + - 2180, 2178, 2198 (See above) 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 + - See CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY above PACKAGING - - List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released + - None 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) + - Bug 2504 - Fixed incorrect default SWIGPATH in documentation DEVELOPMENT - - List visible changes in the way SCons is developed + - None - Thanks to CURLY, LARRY, and MOE for their contributions to this release. + Thanks to Dirk Baechle, and Andrew Featherstone for their contributions to this release. Contributors are listed alphabetically by their last name. __COPYRIGHT__ |