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-rw-r--r--ReleaseConfig2
-rw-r--r--src/Announce.txt2
-rw-r--r--src/CHANGES.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/RELEASE.txt88
4 files changed, 55 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/ReleaseConfig b/ReleaseConfig
index 43962488..ced44c68 100644
--- a/ReleaseConfig
+++ b/ReleaseConfig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
# '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 = (2, 4, 1)
+version_tuple = (2, 4, 2, 'alpha', 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/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt
index 719b4d7b..c20d7dfd 100644
--- a/src/Announce.txt
+++ b/src/Announce.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Notes:
+=================================================================
-RELEASE 2.4.1 - Mon, 07 Nov 2015 10:37:21 -0700
+RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
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
diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt
index 40245a84..02afa435 100644
--- a/src/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/src/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
Change Log
+RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
+
+ From John Doe:
+
+ - Whatever John Doe did.
+
+
RELEASE 2.4.1 - Mon, 07 Nov 2015 10:37:21 -0700
From Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis:
diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt
index baf32831..ed179849 100644
--- a/src/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/src/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,68 +1,72 @@
- A new SCons release, 2.4.1, is now available
+ A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.4.2.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available
on the SCons download page:
http://www.scons.org/download.php
- Here is a summary of the changes since 2.4.0:
+ 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:
NEW FUNCTIONALITY
- - InstallVersionedLib now available in the DefaultEnvironment context.
- - Added new configure check, CheckProg, to check for existence of a program.
- - Add support `Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7'
- Compiler can be obtained at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266
+
+ - 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
- - Reimplemented versioning for shared libraries, with the following effects
- - Fixed tigris issues #3001, #3006.
- - Fixed several other issues not reported to tigris, including:
- issues with versioned libraries in subdirectories with tricky names,
- issues with versioned libraries and variant directories,
- issue with soname not being injected to library when using D linkers,
- - Switched to direct symlinks instead of daisy-chained ones -- soname and
- development symlinks point directly to the versioned shared library now),
- for rationale see:
- https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html
- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Devel_Packages
- https://bitbucket.org/scons/scons/pull-requests/247/new-versioned-libraries-gnulink-cyglink/diff#comment-10063929
- - New construction variables to allow override default behavior: SONAME,
- SHLIBVERSIONFLAGS, _SHLIBVERSIONFLAGS, SHLIBNOVERSIONSYMLINKS,
- LDMODULEVERSION, LDMODULEVERSIONFLAGS, _LDMODULEVERSIONFLAGS,
- LDMODULENOVERSIONSYMLINKS.
- - Changed logic used to configure the versioning machinery from
- platform-centric to linker-oriented.
- - The SHLIBVERSION/LDMODULEVERSION variables are no longer validated by
- SCons (more freedom to users).
- - InstallVersionedLib() doesn't use SHLIBVERSION anymore.
- - Enchanced docs for the library versioning stuff.
- - New tests for versioned libraries.
- - Library versioning is currently implemented for the following linker
- tools: 'cyglink', 'gnulink', 'sunlink'.
+ - List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior
+ wouldn't actually be considered a bug
FIXES
- - Fix for issue #2840 - Fix for two environments specifying same target with different
- actions not throwing hard error. Instead SCons was incorrectly issuing a warning
- and continuing.
- - Fix to swig tool - pick-up 'swig', 'swig3.0' and 'swig2.0' (in order).
- - Fix to swig tool - respect env['SWIG'] provided by user.
- - Fix for Bug # 2791 - Setup.py fails unnecessarily under Jython.
- - Fixed license of SVG titlepage files in the context of Debian
- packaging, such that they allow for commercial use too (#2985).
- - Fixed tigris issue #3011: Glob() excludes didn't work when used with VariantDir(duplicate=0)
- - Fix bug 2831 and allow Help() text to be appended to AddOption() help.
+ - 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
+ - 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
- Thanks to Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis, Dirk Baechle, William Blevins, Carnë Draug, Andrew Featherstone, Hiroaki Itoh, Florian Miedniak, William Roberts, Paweł Tomulik for their contributions to this release.
+ - List visible changes in the way SCons is developed
+
+ Thanks to CURLY, LARRY, and MOE for their contributions to this release.
Contributors are listed alphabetically by their last name.
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