Version __VERSION__
-This is a beta release of SCons, a tool for building software (and other
-files). SCons is implemented in Python, and its "configuration files"
-are actually Python 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.
+This is SCons, a tool for building software (and other files). SCons is
+implemented in Python, and its "configuration files" are actually Python
+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.
See the RELEASE.txt file for notes about this specific release,
including known problems. See the CHANGES.txt file for a list of
for example). This can be disabled by specifying the
"--no-scons-script" option on the command line, which is useful
if you want to install and experiment with a new version before
- making it the default on your system. On UNIX or Linux systems,
- you can have the "scons" and "sconsign" scripts be hard links or
- symbolic links to the "scons-__VERSION__" and "sconsign-__VERSION__" scripts
- by specifying the "--hardlink-scons" or "--symlink-scons"
- options on the command line.
+ making it the default on your system.
+
+ On UNIX or Linux systems, you can have the "scons" and "sconsign"
+ scripts be hard links or symbolic links to the "scons-__VERSION__" and
+ "sconsign-__VERSION__" scripts by specifying the "--hardlink-scons"
+ or "--symlink-scons" options on the command line.
-- Install "scons-__VERSION__.bat" and "scons.bat" wrapper scripts in the
Python prefix directory on Windows (C:\Python*, for example).
This can be disabled by specifying the "--no-install-bat" option
- on the command line. On UNIX or Linux systems, the
- "--install-bat" option may be specified to have "scons-__VERSION__.bat"
- and "scons.bat" files installed in the default system script
- directory, which is useful if you want to install SCons in a
- shared file system directory that can be used to execute SCons
- from both UNIX/Linux and Windows systems.
+ on the command line.
+
+ On UNIX or Linux systems, the "--install-bat" option may be
+ specified to have "scons-__VERSION__.bat" and "scons.bat" files
+ installed in the default system script directory, which is useful
+ if you want to install SCons in a shared file system directory
+ that can be used to execute SCons from both UNIX/Linux and
+ Windows systems.
-- Install the SCons build engine (a Python module) in an
appropriate version-numbered SCons library directory
REPORTING BUGS
==============
-Please report bugs by following the "Tracker - Bugs" link on the SCons
-project page and filling out the form:
+Please report bugs by following the detailed instructions on our Bug
+Submission page:
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/scons/
+ http://scons.tigris.org/bug-submission.html
-You can also send mail to the SCons developers mailing list:
+You can also send mail to the SCons developers' mailing list:
- scons-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+ dev@scons.tigris.org
-But please make sure that you also submit a bug report to the project
-page bug tracker, because bug reports in email can sometimes get lost
-in the general flood of messages.
+But even if you send email to the mailing list please make sure that you
+ALSO submit a bug report to the project page bug tracker, because bug
+reports in email often get overlooked in the general flood of messages.
MAILING LISTS
Chad Austin
Charles Crain
Steve Leblanc
- Baptiste Lepilleur
- Elliot Murphy
+ Greg Noel
Gary Oberbrunner
Anthony Roach
- Greg Noel
- Kevin Quick
Greg Spencer
Christoph Wiedemann
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