http://sourceforge.net/projects/scons/
RPM and Debian packages and a Win32 installer are all available, in
-addition to the traditional .tar.gz files.
+addition to the traditional .tar.gz and .zip files.
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE?
- improved parallel build (-j) support
- use of MD5 signatures to decide if a file has changed
- easily extensible through user-defined Builder and Scanner objects
+ - build actions can be external commands OR internal Python code
An scons-users mailing list has been created for those interested in
getting started using SCons. You can subscribe at:
Note that if all you want to do is install and run SCons, it
will probably be easier for you to download and install the
-scons-{version}.tar.gz package rather than to work with the packaging
-logic in this tree.
+scons-{version}.tar.gz or scons-{version}.zip package rather than to
+work with the packaging logic in this tree.
LATEST VERSION
other dependencies or requirements to run SCons.
The default SCons configuration assumes use of the Microsoft Visual C++
-compiler suite on WIN32 systems, and assumes a C compiler named 'cc'
-and a C++ compiler named 'c++' (such as found in the GNU C compiler
-suite) on any other type of system. You may, of course, override these
-default values by appropriate configuration of Environment construction
-variables.
+compiler suite on WIN32 systems, and assumes a C compiler named 'cc',
+a C++ compiler named 'c++', and a Fortran compiler named 'g77' (such
+as found in the GNU C compiler suite) on any other type of system.
+You may, of course, override these default values by appropriate
+configuration of Environment construction variables.
INSTALLATION
To install SCons from this package, you must first populate the
build/scons/ directory. (For an easier way to install SCons, without
having to populate this directory, use the scons-{version}.tar.gz
-package.)
+or scons-{version}.zip package.)
If you already have an appropriate version of SCons installed on your
system, populate the build/scons/ directory by running:
* Sixth Release.
- -- Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:50:03 -0600
+ -- Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> Thu, 28 Mar 2002 01:24:29 -0600
scons (0.05-1) unstable; urgency=low
-RELEASE 0.06 -
-
- From Anthony Roach:
-
- - Fix: Construction variables with values of 0 were incorrectly
- interpolated as ''.
-
- - Support env['VAR'] to fetch construction variable values.
-
- - Man page: document Precious().
+RELEASE 0.06 - Thu, 28 Mar 2002 01:24:29 -0600
From Charles Crain:
- Add a document builder to create .dvi files from TeX (.tex) files.
+ From Anthony Roach:
+
+ - Fix: Construction variables with values of 0 were incorrectly
+ interpolated as ''.
+
+ - Support env['VAR'] to fetch construction variable values.
+
+ - Man page: document Precious().
+
RELEASE 0.05 - Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:50:03 -0600
other dependencies or requirements to run SCons.
The default SCons configuration assumes use of the Microsoft Visual C++
-compiler suite on WIN32 systems, and assumes a C compiler named 'cc'
-and a C++ compiler named 'c++' (such as found in the GNU C compiler
-suite) on any other type of system. You may, of course, override these
-default values by appropriate configuration of Environment construction
-variables.
+compiler suite on WIN32 systems, and assumes a C compiler named 'cc',
+a C++ compiler named 'c++', and a Fortran compiler named 'g77' (such
+as found in the GNU C compiler suite) on any other type of system.
+You may, of course, override these default values by appropriate
+configuration of Environment construction variables.
INSTALLATION
-RELEASE 0.06 -
+RELEASE 0.06 - Thu, 28 Mar 2002 01:24:29 -0600
This is the sixth alpha release of SCons. Please consult the
CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release.
- Even on officialy Python release 2.2., values greater than 1 for
the -j option on Windows seemingly hang SCons. This problem is
- being investigated and is expected to be fixed for next release.
+ being investigated.
- Extremely long command lines (thousands of characters) can
- reportedly crash Python. This problem is being investigated
- and is expected to be fixed for next release.
+ reportedly crash Python. This problem is being investigated.
- Again, the "SCons Design" documentation on the SCons web
site is currently out of date. Take what you read there with a