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+Things to do to release a version of SCons:
+
+ Prepare RELEASE notes
+
+ Prepare CHANGES text
+
+ Read through the README.txt file for any updates
+
+ Build candidate packages
+
+ test on Linux
+ test on Windows NT
+
+
+
+ END THE BRANCH (need more info)
+
+ START THE NEW BRANCH (need more info)
+
+
+
+ Read through the FAQ for any updates
+
+ Update the web site:
+
+ new version number (template)
+ announcement on the home page
+ new packages in the download page
+ checkin new scons-doc.tar.gz on the web site
+
+
+
+ Upload the packages to the web site (download page)
+
+ Test downloading from the web site
+
+
+
+ Upload the packages to the SourceForge project page
+
+ Test downloading from the SourceForge project page
+
+
+
+ Add news item to the SourceForge project page
+
+ Prepare an announcement
+
+ Announce to the following mailing lists:
+
+ scons-announce@lists.sourceforge.net
+ scons-users@lists.sourceforge.net
+ scons-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+ python-list@python.org
+ python-announce@python.org
+ cons-discuss@gnu.org
+
+ linux-announce@news.ornl.gov?
+
+ Notify freshmeat.net
+
+ Notifty www.cmtoday.com/contribute.html
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+# Copyright (c) 2001 Steven Knight
+# __FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__
+
+
+ SCons - a software construction tool
+
+ Change Log
+
+
+
+RELEASE 0.01 - Thu Dec 13 19:25:23 CST 2001
+
+A brief overview of important functionality available in release 0.01:
+
+ - C and C++ compilation on POSIX and Windows NT.
+
+ - Automatic scanning of C/C++ source files for #include dependencies.
+
+ - Support for building libraries; setting construction variables
+ allows creation of shared libraries.
+
+ - Library and C preprocessor search paths.
+
+ - File changes detected using MD5 signatures.
+
+ - User-definable Builder objects for building files.
+
+ - User-definable Scanner objects for scanning for dependencies.
+
+ - Parallel build (-j) support.
+
+ - Dependency cycles detected.
+
+ - Linux packages available in RPM and Debian format.
+
+ - Windows installer available.
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
+changes since the previous release.
+
LATEST VERSION
==============
DOCUMENTATION
=============
-Documentation for SCons is available at:
+See the RELEASE.txt file for notes about this specific release,
+including known problems. See the CHANGES.txt file for a list of
+changes since the previous release.
+
+The scons.1 man page is included in this package.
+
+Additional documentation for SCons is available at:
http://www.scons.org/doc.html
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+# Copyright (c) 2001 Steven Knight
+# __FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__
+
+
+ SCons - a software construction tool
+
+ Release Notes
+
+
+This is an alpha 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.
+
+So that everyone using SCons can help each other learn how to use it
+more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at:
+
+ http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scons-users
+
+
+
+RELEASE 0.01 - Thu Dec 13 19:25:23 CST 2001
+
+ This is the initial alpha release of SCons. This release contains a
+ lot of functionality, and owing to an extensive test suite, the SCons
+ team believes that this release is of sufficient quality that you can
+ use it for real work.
+
+ Nevertheless, because this is an alpha release, heed the following
+ disclaimers:
+
+ - Expect bugs. Please report any bugs or other problems that you
+ find to our bug tracker at our SourceForge project page:
+
+ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=30337&atid=398971
+
+ We have a reliable bug-fixing methodology already in place and
+ expect to respond to problems relatively quickly.
+
+ - It is possible that interfaces will change in future releases. We
+ will strive to hold this to a minimum, but you may need to modify
+ your SConscript files in the future if there is a compelling reason
+ to change an interface.
+
+ - Documentation is spottier than we'd like. You may need to dive
+ into the source code to figure out how to do something. We will
+ be addressing this in upcoming releases, but would be more than
+ glad to have your assistance in correcting this problem... :-)
+
+ In particular, the "SCons Design" documentation on the SCons web
+ site is currently out of date, as we made significant changes to
+ portions of the interface as we figured out what worked and what
+ didn't during implementation.L
+
+ KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE:
+
+ - Support for parallel builds (-j) does not work on WIN32 systems
+ prior to *official* Python release 2.2 (not 2.2 pre-releases).
+
+ Prior to Python 2.2, there is a bug in Python's Win32
+ implementation such that when a thread spawns an external command,
+ it blocks all threads from running. This breaks the SCons
+ multithreading architecture used to support -j builds.
+
+ We have included a patch file, os_spawnv_fix.diff, that you can
+ use if you you want to fix your version of Python to support
+ parallel builds in SCons.
+
+ - Again, the "SCons Design" documentation on the SCons web
+ site is currently out of date. Take what you read there with a
+ grain of salt.
+
+ - There is a hard-coding that prevents using file timestamps instead
+ of MD5 signatures to determine if a file is up-to-date. (There
+ also isn't yet a mechanism to configure that.)
+
+ - No support yet for the following future features:
+
+ - Separate build directories (BuildDir(), a.k.a. "Link" in
+ Cons classic)
+
+ - Repository search paths (-Y)
+
+ - Configurable signature calculation
+
+ - No support for caching built files.
+
+ - No support yet for the following command-line options:
+
+ -d -e -l --list-actions --list-derived --list-where
+ -o -p -q -r -R --random -u -w --write-filenames -W
+ --warn-undefined-variables
+
+ Thank you for your interest, and please let us know how we can help
+ improve SCons for your needs.
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