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Copyright 2004-2007 Vladimir Prus
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Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
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(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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Milestone 13 (in development)
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Changes in this release:
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- gcc support did not work on HP-UX systems
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Milestone 12 (Oct 1, 2007)
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Changes in this release:
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- The Pathscale, PGI and mipspro compilers are now supported.
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- Support for autoconfiguration of toolset based on command-line
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toolset=xxxx request, and for default toolset
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configuration as a fallback.
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- Support for precompiled headers for gcc toolset,
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and improvements for msvc.
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- Mechanism for removing inherited requirements.
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- The 'make' rule support specifying usage-requirements.
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- New 'project.extension' rule for declaring standalone
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projects.
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- New 'conditional' convenience rule.
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- New 'glob-tree' rule.
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- The 'glob' rule accepts patterns to exclude.
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- Inline targets are now marked explicit automatically.
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- Toolsets can now implicitly add requirements to
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all targets.
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- New 'generate' rule.
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- The executables produced by the 'run' rule are automatically
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removed after run.
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- The gcc toolset uses the version obtained by running
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the compiler, if no explicit one is provided.
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- The sun toolset now supports the 'address-model' feature,
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and uses -KPIC for shared libraries.
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- Free features on command line affect all targets, not
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just 'directly requested' ones.
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Documentation changes:
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- Installation instructions for Linux distributors.
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- Configuration options for all supported C++ compilers
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are now documented.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- The 'cflags' and 'linkflags' now work on Darwin.o
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- The intel toolset now works on Windows.
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- Fix library search options for CodeWarriour toolset.
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- The <install-source-root> could cause duplicate
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mkdir commands.
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- Numerious fixes in Boost autolink support
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- Numerious fixes in Boost.Python support.
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- Indirect properties not evaluated in usage requirements.
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- Generator that returns a property set but not target is
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considered successful.
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- On Darwin, when several compiler versions
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are configured, -fcoalesce-templates is applied only to
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versions that need it.
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Milestone 11 (Jule 20, 2006)
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Changes in this release:
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- New C++ compilers: IBM xlf, HP aCC, HP CXX, Intel fortran compiler.
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- New tools: Qt4 support, MS message compiler and IDL compiler.
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- New main targets: 'notfile' and 'cast'.
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- Core changes:
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- Only one file required at top level of a project, named Jamroot.
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- Jamfiles can now contain project-specific help messages.
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- "Indirect conditional requirements" introduced
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(http://tinyurl.com/mn3jp)
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- Strip suffix in main target names when computing names of generated
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files (URL)
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- The 'source-location' project attribute can contain
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several directories.
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- Usage requirements are propagated not only direct dependents,
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but to indirect dependents.
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- Command line option changes (see http://tinyurl.com/zbycz)
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- New option --build-dir
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- The --clean option cleans only target below the current directory,
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not globally.
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- New --clean-all option was added.
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- New option --debug-building
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- Running "bjam some_directory" works even if there's no Jamfile
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in the current directory.
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- Toolset improvements:
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- Assembling support with gcc, borland and msvc.
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- Support amd64/ia64 cross-compiling with msvc.
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- Improved, registry-based autodetection for msvc.
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- Serialize execution of gcc.link actions
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- Precompiled headers supported on MSVC
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(Need documentation)
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- New features <warnings> and <warnings-as-errors>
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- The 'glob' rule accepts wildcards in directory names.
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- The 'stage' rule was renamed to 'install'
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(the old name still available for compatibility)
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- The <tag> feature can accept user-defined function as value
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(URL)
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- The 'install' rule can install a directory hierarchy preserving relative
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paths.
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- The 'install' rule no longer allows to change library
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name during install.
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- The Jamfile referred via 'use-project' may declare project id different
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from the one in 'use-project'.
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- The 'using' rule now searches the directory of containing Jamfile.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- The <library> feature was ignored for static linking
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- Fix #include scanning for C files.
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- Child projects were sometimes loaded before parent projects.
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- Fix project references with absolute paths on Windows.
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- The <dependency> feature was ignored for 'install' targets.
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- A generator having the same type in sources and targets was causing hang.
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- Use 'icpc' command for Intel, fixing errors with 8.1 and higher.
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- Generation of PS files with the FOP tool really produces .PS files.
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- No dependency scanning was done for C files.
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- The 'constant' and 'path-constant' rules did not accept multi-element
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value.
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- Don't pass -fcoalesce-templates to gcc on OSX 10.4
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- Fix static lib suffix on OSX.
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- Fix rpath setting on Intel/Linux.
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- The 'install' rule don't unnecessary scans #includes in installed
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headers.
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Developer visible changes:
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- Ability to customize type's prefix depending on build properties.
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- Generator's 'run' method can return usage-requirements.
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- Main target rule is automatically declared for each new target type.
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- 'Link incompatible' feature attribute was removed
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- Generators no longer bypass unhandled sources, they just ignore them.
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- If there are several applicable generators, immediately report ambiguity.
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Provide a way to explicitly resolve conflicts between generators.
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- The 'flags' rule can match absence of feature.
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- Great improvement in response files handling
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- The 'toolset.flags' rules allows value-less feature to signify
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absence of this feature (fix hack-hack).
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- Automatically declare main target rule for each declared target type.
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- When inheriting types, inherit generators for the base type, as opposed
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to using various hacks to invoke base generators when needed.
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- Improve diagnostic for "duplicate actual target" and generator ambiguity.
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Milestone 10 (October 29, 2004)
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Changes in this release:
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Many toolsets were added: Intel, Metrowerks, Comeau, aCC, vacpp.
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Documentation was converted to BoostBook and improved.
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Performance was improved.
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- Toolsets initialization syntax is much more uniform. Compiler and linker
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flags can now be specified.
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- The algorithm for computing build properties was improved. Conditional
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requirements can be chained, and a number of bugs were fixed.
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- Specific order of properties can be specified.
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- The main target rules can be called from everywhere, not necessary from
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Jamfile.
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- Check for "unused sources" removed.
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- The <library> feature affects only linking now.
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- The <file> feature now works only for libraries.
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- Simpler syntax for "searched" libraries was added.
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- New <dependency> feature.
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Unix:
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The right order of static libraries on Unix is automatically
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computed.
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The <hardcode-dll-paths> feature is the default.
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gcc:
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The -fPIC option is passed when creating shared libraries.
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Problems with distcc were solved.
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Sun:
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It's now possible to use the sun linker (as opposed to gnu), and
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to compile C files.
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Darwin:
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Shared libraries are now supported.
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MSVC: Before resource files compilation, the setup script is invoked.
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Options deprecated in 8.0 are not longer used.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- The <unit-test> rule did not handle the <library> property (!!!!!!)
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- Don't add "bin" to the build directory explicitly specified by the user.
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- Allow <include-type> to select staged targets,
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even with <traverse-dependencies>off.
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- Includes for the form '# include <whatever>" did not work.
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- (Qt) Add paths to all dependent libs to uic command
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line, which helps if the UI files uses plugins.
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- Using <toolset-msvc:version>xxx in requirements was broken.
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- Error message printed when target can be found is much more clear.
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- Inline targets in sources of 'stage' did not work.
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- Don't produce 'independent target' warnings on Windows
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- (gcc) The <link-runtime>static did not work.
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- (gcc) Suppress warnings from the 'ar' tool on some systems.
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- (gcc) Don't try to set soname on NT.
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Developer visible changes:
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- Generator priorities are gone, explicit overrides are used.
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- 'Active' features were removed
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- Support for VMS paths was added.
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Thanks to Christopher Currie, Pedro Ferreira, Philipp Frauenfelder,
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Andre Hentz, Jurgen Hunold, Toon Knapen, Johan Nilsson, Alexey Pakhunov,
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Brock Peabody, Michael Stevens and Zbynek Winkler who contributed
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code to this release.
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Milestone 9.1 (Nov 6, 2003)
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- The 'unit-test' rule used to ignore <library> properties.
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- The gcc toolset used to ignore <threading> property.
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Milestone 9 (Nov 6, 2003)
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Changes in this release
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- Putting library in sources of other library now works even for static
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linking, which makes expressing library->library dependency much
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simpler.
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- Performance was considerably improved.
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- Regression testing framework now works on windows.
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- The "alias" rule can have usage requirements and passes on usage
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requirements of sources.
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- The "stage" rule can traverse dependencies.
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- Support for "def files" was implemented.
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- Targets paths are now shorter.
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- Darwin toolset was improved.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- It was not possible to specify empty suffix for a target type derived
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from other type.
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- The stage rules used to generate incorrect suffix in some cases.
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- It was possible to load Jamfile twice.
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- The 'use-project' rule was broken when referring to a child project.
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- Use of composite properties in requirements did not work.
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Developer visible changes:
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- New CALC builtin, which considerable improves performance.
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- Source layout was reorganized.
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- Handling of response file was simplified.
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Thanks to Pedro Ferreira, Kirill Lapshin, Andre Hentz, Paul Lin,
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Jurgen Hunold, Christopher Currie, and Brock Peabody, who contributed to
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this release.
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Milestone 8 (Oct 15, 2003)
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Changes in this release:
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- A regression testing framework was implemented.
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- New <implicit-dependency> feature was added for better handling
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of dependencies to generated headers.
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- The link-compatibility checks not longer cause projects to be skipped,
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and issue warning, not error, for main targets.
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- Algorithm for selecting main target alternative was improved.
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- The <dependency> feature was renamed to <use>.
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- Project root constants were made available in project root itself.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- failure to recognize shared libraries with version as such
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- the 'path-constant' rule was mishandling absolute paths on Windows.
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Milestone 7 (Sep 11, 2003)
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Changes in this release:
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- Performance was improved.
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- Support for Sun and Darwin toolsets was added.
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- <tag> feature, which changes the name of target depending of build
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variant, was implemented.
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- Old-style targets-ids are no longer supported.
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- New 'glob' rule allows to easily perform wildcard matching in Jamfile.
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- Improve bison/flex support to understand C++.
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The following bugs were fixed:
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- bogus error on use of project default-build attribute with several
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main target alternatives.
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- broken toolset inheritance
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- hard error after skipping a target due to incompatible requirements
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- incorrect behaviour of a generator when producing several targets of
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the same type
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- errors on use of the 'project-root' rule in Jamfile context
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- inability to require specific compiler version for a main target.
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- incorrect behaviour of "bjam msvc" when msvc is configured with explicit
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version.
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Thanks to Christopher Currie, Pedro Ferreira and Michael Stevens, who
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contributed to this release.
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