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authorGary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com>2013-02-09 21:14:04 -0500
committerGary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com>2013-02-09 21:14:04 -0500
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Updated release doc files for 2.3 release.
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@@ -19,13 +19,29 @@ effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.php#users to sign up for
the scons-users mailing list.
-RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
+RELEASE 2.3.0 - FEB XXX 2013
Please consult the RELEASE.txt file for a summary of changes since the last
release and consult the CHANGES.txt file for complete a list of changes
since last release. This announcement highlights only the important
changes.
+ Please note the following important changes since release 2.2.0:
+
+ -- A lot of python pre-2.4 compatibility code was removed
+ in this release. 2.4 is the official floor for SCons,
+ but this release will likely enforce it more rigidly.
+
+ -- Spawning subprocesses on Windows should now be more reliable with -jN
+
+ -- MSVC10 and MSVC11 support improved, and fixed MSVS11 solution generation.
+
+ -- Various TeX/LaTeX builder improvements
+
+ -- Support for versioned shared libs on Linux and Mac, via
+ SHLIBVERSION and InstallVersionedLib.
+
+ -- WiX builder updates
Please note the following important changes since release 2.1.0:
@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
-- SCons now searches sitewide dirs for site_scons
- -- Support for Latex bibunits package has been added along with
+ -- Support for Latex bibunits package has been added along with
support for tex files generated by other builders
@@ -106,7 +122,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
the same version as MSVC_VERSION.
Support for HOST_OS,HOST_ARCH,TARGET_OS, TARGET_ARCH has been
- added to allow specifying different target arch than the host
+ added to allow specifying different target arch than the host
system. This is only supported for Visual Studio/Visual C++
at this time.
@@ -261,7 +277,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
initializing construction environments with the 'g77' Tool module:
env = Environment(tools = ['g77', 'default'])
-
+
The above code is backwards compatible to older versions of SCons.
If you notice any other changes in the behavior of default
@@ -521,7 +537,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
non-True value:
env = Environment(IMPLICIT_COMMAND_DEPENDENCIES = 0)
-
+
or by adding Ignore() calls for any targets where the behavior
is desired:
@@ -618,7 +634,7 @@ RELEASE 2.2.0 - Mon, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:48 +0000
env.Foo('tgt1', 'src1')
env.Bar('tgt2', 'src2')
-
+
SCons would have expected to find a source file 'src1.foo' for the
env.Foo() call, but a source file 'src2' for the env.Bar() call.