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diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt index 613ef9d..d55d168 100644 --- a/RELEASE.txt +++ b/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,46 +1,47 @@ - A new SCons release, 2.2.0, is now available + A new SCons release, 2.3.0, is now available on the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.php This release adds several new features and fixes many issues. - Here is a summary of the changes since 2.1: + Here is a summary of the changes since 2.2: NEW FUNCTIONALITY - - New gettext toolset for internationalization - - Support for Visual Studio 11 (both using it and generating solution files) - - Support for Intel C/C++ compiler v12 on Linux and Mac - - LaTeX support for multibib, biblatex and biber + - Versioned shared library support for Linux and Mac: + Add SHLIBVERSION as an option that tells SharedLibrary to build + a versioned shared library and create the required symlinks. + Add builder InstallVersionedLib to create the required symlinks + installing a versioned shared library. DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY - - None + - Removed a lot of Python 2.3 and older support code + - Hide deprecated --debug={dtree,stree,tree} from --help output CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY - - 32-bit Visual Express C++ on 64-bit Windows now generates 32-bit code instead of giving errors + - No changes FIXES - - Fixed FindSourceFiles to find final sources (leaf nodes). - - Make Windows not redefine builtin file as un-inheritable (#2857) - - Fix WINDOWS_INSERT_DEF on MinGW (Windows) (#2856) - - Fix LINKCOMSTR, SHLINKCOMSTR, and LDMODULECOMSTR on Windows (#2833). - - Make -s (silent mode) be silent about entering subdirs (#2976). - - Fix cloning of builders when cloning environment (#2821). - - Fixed the Taskmaster, curing spurious build failures in - multi-threaded runs (#2720). - - Fixed scons-doc.py to properly convert main XML files (#2812). - + - Fix subprocess spawning on Windows. Work around a Windows + bug that can crash python occasionally when using -jN. (#2449) + - Fix nested LIBPATH expansion by flattening sequences in subst_path. + - Fix WiX Tool to use .wixobj rather than .wxiobj for compiler output + - Add MSVC10 and MSVC11 support to get_output low-level bat script runner. + - Fix MSVS solution generation for VS11, and fixed tests. IMPROVEMENTS - - Improved documentation of command-line variables (#2809). - - Show valid Visual Studio architectures in error message - when user passes invalid arch. - - Allow Node objects in Java path (#2825) + - Error messages from option parser now include hints about valid choices + - Support building with WiX releases after 2.0 + - Print target name with command execution time with --debug=time + - Updated the TeX builder to support the \newglossary command + in LaTeX's glossaries package and the files it creates. + - Improve support for new versions of biblatex in the TeX builder + so biber is called automatically if biblatex requires it. PACKAGING @@ -48,11 +49,19 @@ DEVELOPMENT - - No changes + - Updated test framework to support dir and file fixtures and + added ability to test external (out-of-tree) tools. + See doc in QMTest/test-framework.rst. + - Added ability to run scripts/scons.py directly from source checkout + - Several fixes for runtest.py + - Fixed several errors in the test suite. + - Add -jN support to runtest.py to run tests in parallel + Thanks to: Dirk Baechle, Vincent Beffar, + Thomas Berg, Jean-François Colson, Bauke Conijn, Bill Deegan, @@ -66,6 +75,7 @@ Thanks to: Steven Knight, Arve Knudsen, Jean-Baptiste Lab, + Juan Lang, Rob Managan, Mortoray, Gary Oberbrunner, @@ -81,5 +91,5 @@ Thanks to: Joe Zuntz for their contributions to this release. -Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 The SCons Foundation -src/RELEASE.txt issue-2856:2676:d23b7a2f45e8 2012/08/05 15:38:28 garyo +Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 The SCons Foundation +src/RELEASE.txt 2013/03/03 09:48:35 garyo |