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diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt index d8fdd9f..78a9f71 100644 --- a/RELEASE.txt +++ b/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - A new SCons checkpoint release, 2.0.0.final.0, is now available + A new SCons release, 2.0.1, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php @@ -7,43 +7,11 @@ versions prior to 2.4 and streamline the SCons code base using more modern python idioms. - IMPORTANT: In 1.3.0 and 2.0.0, explicit dependencies (configured via - the Depends() call) are ignored for any nodes that do not have builders. - This known issue[1] will typically only happen if you explicitly - configure a builder call to create multiple output files, some of which - are "hidden" from SCons by not being listed in the targets list, and then - use Depends() to establish an explicit dependency on a "hidden" file. - - [1] See http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2647 for details. - - 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: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - There should be no new functionality or bug fixes in this checkpoint. - Bug fixes will be found in the 1.3.1 series of checkpoints. DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY @@ -78,6 +46,21 @@ - MSVC/MSVS/SDK support has been improved. A number of issues with determining the correct version and architecture have been resolved. + - Fix propagation from environment of VS*COMNTOOLS to resolve issues + initializing MSVC/MSVS/SDK issues. + + - Fixed a case-sensitivity problem with Fortran modules. + + - Fix the ability to append to default $*FLAGS values (which are + implemented as CLVar instances) in a copied construction environment + without affecting the original construction environment's value. + + - Updated the TeX command strings to include a /D on Windows in + case the new directory is on a different drive letter. + + - Fixed the LaTeX scanner so dependencies are found in commands that + are broken across lines with a comment or have embedded spaces. + IMPROVEMENTS - Support for Python versions prior to 2.4 has been removed. As of @@ -98,14 +81,18 @@ - The entries for SourceCode() and its associated factory functions now state that the functions are deprecated. + - Document the AllowSubstExceptions() function in the User's Guide. + + DEVELOPMENT - Code no longer has to be compatible with Python versions back to 1.5.2. Although code is tested with Python 2.3 and is still believed to work, the official new floor is Python 2.4. - Thanks to Greg Noel, Steven Knight, Dirk Baechle, William Deegan,and - W. Trevor King for their contributions to this release. + Thanks to Greg Noel, Steven Knight, Dirk Baechle, William Deegan, + W. Trevor King, Joe Zuntz, Bauke Conijn, Matt Hughes, Rob Managan, + and Jim Randall for their contributions to this release. Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The SCons Foundation src/RELEASE.txt 5023 2010/06/14 22:05:46 scons |