Updates post 4.5.2 release

6 files changed, 59 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2c11cb48c..c6f35faff 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 NOTE: The 4.0.0 Release of SCons dropped Python 2.7 Support
 NOTE: 4.3.0 now requires Python 3.6.0 and above. Python 3.5.x is no longer supported
 
+RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
+
+      From John Doe:
+
+        - Whatever John Doe did.
+
+
 RELEASE 4.5.2 -  Sun, 21 Mar 2023 14:08:29 -0700
 
   From Michał Górny:
diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index 12a275e7c..769a12dbe 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,32 +1,65 @@
-A new SCons release, 4.5.2, is now available on the SCons download page:
+If you are reading this in the git repository, the contents
+refer to *unreleased* changes since the last SCons release.
+Past official release announcements appear at:
+
+    https://scons.org/tag/releases.html
+
+==================================================================
+
+A new SCons release, 4.5.3, is now available on the SCons download page:
 
     https://scons.org/pages/download.html
 
-Here is a summary of the changes since 4.5.1:
+
+Here is a summary of the changes since 4.5.2:
+
+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
 -----
 
--  Fix a problem (#4321) in 4.5.0/4.5.1 where ParseConfig could cause an
-   exception in MergeFlags when the result would be to add preprocessor
-   defines to existing CPPDEFINES. The following code illustrates the
-   circumstances that could trigger this:
-      env=Environment(CPPDEFINES=['a'])
-      env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['b'])
-      env.MergeFlags({'CPPDEFINES': 'c'})
+- 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
 ---------
 
-- Remove the redundant `wheel` dependency from `pyproject.toml`,
-  as it is added automatically by the setuptools PEP517 backend.
+- 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 the following contributors listed below for their contributions to this release.
 ==========================================================================================
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.5.1..HEAD
-     3  Mats Wichmann
-     2  William Deegan
-     1  Michał Górny
+    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.0.1..HEAD
diff --git a/ReleaseConfig b/ReleaseConfig
index 2b80306fb..19ddee2c1 100755
--- a/ReleaseConfig
+++ b/ReleaseConfig
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # 'final', the patchlevel is set to the release date.  This value is
 # mandatory and must be present in this file.
 #version_tuple = (2, 2, 0, 'final', 0)
-version_tuple = (4, 5, 2, 'a', 0)
+version_tuple = (4, 5, 3, 'a', 0)
 
 # Python versions prior to unsupported_python_version cause a fatal error
 # when that version is used.  Python versions prior to deprecate_python_version
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1f44ea4ee..4b4247171 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ month_year = strftime('%B %Y')
 
 
 project = 'scons'
-default_version = '4.5.2'
+default_version = '4.5.3'
 copyright = "Copyright (c) %s The SCons Foundation" % copyright_years
 
 #
diff --git a/doc/user/main.xml b/doc/user/main.xml
index 7fcd92214..de549a8bc 100644
--- a/doc/user/main.xml
+++ b/doc/user/main.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     <corpauthor>The SCons Development Team</corpauthor>
 
-    <pubdate>Released: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:58:40 -0400</pubdate>
+    <pubdate>Released: Mon, 21 Mar 2023 12:25:39 -0400</pubdate>
 
     <copyright>
         <year>2004 - 2023</year>
diff --git a/testing/framework/TestSCons.py b/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
index 2c96995cf..b65d807e3 100644
--- a/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
+++ b/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ from TestCmd import PIPE
 # here provides some independent verification that what we packaged
 # conforms to what we expect.
 
-default_version = '4.5.2ayyyymmdd'
+default_version = '4.5.3ayyyymmdd'
 
 # TODO: these need to be hand-edited when there are changes
 python_version_unsupported = (3, 6, 0)