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| author | Greg Noel <GregNoel@tigris.org> | 2010-04-24 05:51:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Noel <GregNoel@tigris.org> | 2010-04-24 05:51:13 +0000 |
| commit | 6a372812448d3462ac91d2c392f323b93df7e383 (patch) | |
| tree | a4b9f900e52561a91e0c4509dc6c692492996b7f /src/README.txt | |
| parent | f7ac1212e72b65e2840b9b116b962e3872e30e8e (diff) | |
| download | scons-6a372812448d3462ac91d2c392f323b93df7e383.tar.gz | |
http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2345
Comb out all code that supported earlier versions of Python. Most such
code is in snippets of only a few lines and can be identified by having
a Python version string in it. Such snippets add up; this combing pass
probably got rid of over 500 lines of code.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/README.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/README.txt | 34 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/README.txt b/src/README.txt index f284327d..7f9d330a 100644 --- a/src/README.txt +++ b/src/README.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ the latest version by checking the SCons download page at: EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS ====================== -Running SCons requires Python version 1.5.2 or later. There should be +Running SCons requires Python version 2.4 or later. There should be no other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. (There is, however, an additional requirement to *install* SCons from this particular package; see the next section.) @@ -44,37 +44,7 @@ configuration of Environment construction variables. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ========================= -Installing SCons from this package requires the Python distutils -package. The distutils package was not shipped as a standard part of -Python until Python version 1.6, so if your system is running Python -1.5.2, you may not have distutils installed. If you are running -Python version 1.6 or later, you should be fine. - -NOTE TO RED HAT USERS: Red Hat shipped Python 1.5.2 as the default all -the way up to Red Hat Linux 7.3, so you probably do *not* have distutils -installed, unless you have already done so manually or are running Red -Hat 8.0 or later. - -In this case, your options are: - - -- (Recommended.) Install from a pre-packaged SCons package that - does not require distutils: - - Red Hat Linux scons-__VERSION__-1.noarch.rpm - - Debian GNU/Linux scons___VERSION__-1_all.deb - (or use apt-get) - - Windows scons-__VERSION__.win32.exe - - -- (Optional.) Download the latest distutils package from the - following URL: - - http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html - - Install the distutils according to the instructions on the page. - You can then proceed to the next section to install SCons from - this package. +Nothing special. INSTALLATION |