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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index a7b172d2..112d6f07 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -18,14 +18,44 @@ So that everyone using SCons can help each other learn how to use it more effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.html#users to sign up for the scons-users mailing list. -RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER +RELEASE 3.0.0.alpha.20170614 - Mon, 14 Jun 2017 12:23:56 -0400 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 2.4.1: + Please note the following important changes since release 2.5.1: + *IT IS NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION USE* + + This is the initial release supporting both python 3.5+ and 2.7.x and pypy + There are some important changes: + + - Any print statements must now use python 3 syntax of "print()" + - All node content should be in bytes. This is the default in python 2.7.x, + in Python 3 all strings are by default unicode. byte and/or bytearray + should be used if you construct content for return by a custom node type's + get_content() method. + - This is some (as yet unresolved issue) using Literal()'s in some context with + Python 3 + - pypy should be supported, please report any issues to the user's mailing list. + - Currently if you switch back and forth between python 2.7.x and 3.5+ you will + need to remove your sconsign file. This should be resolves shortly, but + regardless switching between python 2.7.x and 3.5+ will not use compatible + sconsigns and as such incremental builds should be expected to rebuild + anything changed since the previous scons run with the same version of python. + - It is likely that migrating from 2.5.1 -> 3.0.0 alpha will cause rebuilds due + to the significant number of changes in the codebase. + + - Removed deprecated tools CVS, Perforce, BitKeeper, RCS, SCCS, Subversion. + - Removed deprecated module SCons.Sig + - See CHANGES.txt for more details on other changes + - 3.0.0 should be slightly faster than 2.5.1. Changes yielded a 15% speed up for + null incremental builds. + - Updated D language scanner support to latest: 2.071.1. + - python -m SCons should now run SCons if it's installed PYTHONPATH + + + Please note the following important changes since release 2.4.1: We're enhancing implicit language scanning functionality to improve correctness. SCons now honors scanner keys for implicit dependencies and correctly changes scanner type (if necessary) when traversing diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt index ada66b0a..5d670fd2 100644 --- a/src/CHANGES.txt +++ b/src/CHANGES.txt @@ -4,36 +4,8 @@ Change Log -RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - From John Doe: - - - Whatever John Doe did. - - -RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - - From Daniel Moody: - - Updated the QMTest/TestCmd.py so when using the - preserve option, it will be able to print unicode directories. - - Also updated test/scons-time/run/option/verbose.py that was - not taking into account the output when PRESERVE was enabled - - From Gaurav Juvekar: - - Fix issue #2832: Expand construction variables in 'chdir' argument of builders. (PR #463) - - Fix issue #2910: Make --tree=all handle Unicode. (PR #427) - - Fix issue #2788: Fix typo in documentation example for sconf. (PR #388) - - From Manish Vachharajani: - - Update debian rules, compat, and control to not use features - deprecated or obsolete in later versions of debhelpers - - Update python version to 2.7 in debian/control - - From Russel Winder: - - Reordered the default D tools from "dmd, gdc, ldc" to "dmd, ldc, gdc". - - Add a ProgramAllAtOnce builder to the dmd, ldc, and gdc tools. (PR #448) - - Deprecate a file name exception for very old Fedora LDC installation. - - gdc can now handle building shared objects (tested for version 6.3.0). +RELEASE 3.0.0.alpha.20170614 - Mon, 14 Jun 2017 12:23:56 -0400 From William Blevins: - Updated D language scanner support to latest: 2.071.1. (PR #1924) @@ -57,10 +29,6 @@ RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - Fixed MSVSProject example code (http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2979) - Defined MS SDK 10.0 and Changed VS 2015 to use SDK 10.0 - From Daniel Moody: - - Fixed msvs.py for Visual Studio generated projects which were - creating invalid xml for greater than and less than symbols. - From Daniel Holth: - Add basic support for PyPy (by deleting __slots__ from Node with a metaclass on PyPy); wrap most-used open() calls in 'with' statements to @@ -68,6 +36,11 @@ RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - Add __main__.py for `python -m SCons` in case it is on PYTHONPATH. - Always use highest available pickle protocol for efficiency. + From Gaurav Juvekar: + - Fix issue #2832: Expand construction variables in 'chdir' argument of builders. (PR #463) + - Fix issue #2910: Make --tree=all handle Unicode. (PR #427) + - Fix issue #2788: Fix typo in documentation example for sconf. (PR #388) + From Alexey Klimkin: - Use memoization to optimize PATH evaluation across all dependencies per node. (PR #345) @@ -76,6 +49,8 @@ RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - Fixed msvs.py for Visual Studio Express editions that would report "Error : ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 10.0Exp". + From Rick Lupton: + - Update LaTeX scanner to understand \import and related commands From Paweł Tomulik: - Fixed the issue with LDMODULEVERSIONFLAGS reported by Tim Jennes @@ -86,13 +61,20 @@ RELEASE VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER - Added LoadableModule to the list of global functions (DefaultEnvironment builders). - From Rick Lupton: - - Update LaTeX scanner to understand \import and related commands + From Manish Vachharajani: + - Update debian rules, compat, and control to not use features + deprecated or obsolete in later versions of debhelpers + - Update python version to 2.7 in debian/control From Richard Viney: - Fixed PCHPDBFLAGS causing a deprecation warning on MSVC v8 and later when using PCHs and PDBs together. + From Russel Winder: + - Reordered the default D tools from "dmd, gdc, ldc" to "dmd, ldc, gdc". + - Add a ProgramAllAtOnce builder to the dmd, ldc, and gdc tools. (PR #448) + - Deprecate a file name exception for very old Fedora LDC installation. + - gdc can now handle building shared objects (tested for version 6.3.0). RELEASE 2.5.1 - Mon, 03 Nov 2016 13:37:42 -0400 diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 07eaaf4d..b08b3f75 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,37 +1,15 @@ - A new SCons checkpoint release, 3.0.0.alpha.yyyymmdd, is now available + A new SCons checkpoint release, 3.0.0.alpha.20170614, 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 2.5.1: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released) + - Initial support for Python 3.5+ + - I DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY |