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diff --git a/src/Announce.txt b/src/Announce.txt index f9ce9d9..ebda22e 100644 --- a/src/Announce.txt +++ b/src/Announce.txt @@ -11,21 +11,51 @@ scripts, allowing you to use the full power of a real scripting language to solve build problems. You do not, however, need to know Python to use SCons effectively. -Please go to http://www.scons.org/download.php to get the latest production +Please go to http://scons.org/pages/download.html to get the latest production release of SCons. So that everyone using SCons can help each other learn how to use it more -effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.php#users to sign up for +effectively, please go to http://scons.org/lists.html#users to sign up for the scons-users mailing list. -RELEASE 2.5.1 - Mon, 03 Nov 2016 13:37:42 -0400 +RELEASE 3.0.0 - Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:32:04 -0700 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 @@ -1237,5 +1267,5 @@ improve SCons for your needs. Gary Oberbrunner and Bill Deegan, maintainers Thanks to all the contributors for all your help! -Copyright (c) 2001 - 2016 The SCons Foundation -src/Announce.txt rel_2.5.1:3735:9dc6cee5c168 2016/11/03 14:02:02 bdbaddog +Copyright (c) 2001 - 2017 The SCons Foundation +src/Announce.txt rel_3.0.0:4395:8972f6a2f699 2017/09/18 12:59:24 bdbaddog |