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1 | Copyright 2004-2007 Vladimir Prus |
2 | Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. | |
3 | (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) | |
4 | ||
5 | Milestone 13 (in development) | |
6 | ||
7 | Changes in this release: | |
8 | ||
9 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
10 | ||
92f5a8d4 | 11 | - gcc support did not work on HP-UX systems |
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12 | |
13 | Milestone 12 (Oct 1, 2007) | |
14 | ||
15 | Changes in this release: | |
16 | ||
17 | - The Pathscale, PGI and mipspro compilers are now supported. | |
18 | - Support for autoconfiguration of toolset based on command-line | |
19 | toolset=xxxx request, and for default toolset | |
20 | configuration as a fallback. | |
21 | - Support for precompiled headers for gcc toolset, | |
22 | and improvements for msvc. | |
23 | - Mechanism for removing inherited requirements. | |
24 | - The 'make' rule support specifying usage-requirements. | |
25 | - New 'project.extension' rule for declaring standalone | |
26 | projects. | |
27 | - New 'conditional' convenience rule. | |
28 | - New 'glob-tree' rule. | |
29 | - The 'glob' rule accepts patterns to exclude. | |
30 | - Inline targets are now marked explicit automatically. | |
31 | - Toolsets can now implicitly add requirements to | |
32 | all targets. | |
33 | - New 'generate' rule. | |
34 | - The executables produced by the 'run' rule are automatically | |
35 | removed after run. | |
36 | - The gcc toolset uses the version obtained by running | |
37 | the compiler, if no explicit one is provided. | |
38 | - The sun toolset now supports the 'address-model' feature, | |
39 | and uses -KPIC for shared libraries. | |
40 | - Free features on command line affect all targets, not | |
41 | just 'directly requested' ones. | |
42 | ||
43 | ||
44 | Documentation changes: | |
45 | ||
46 | - Installation instructions for Linux distributors. | |
47 | - Configuration options for all supported C++ compilers | |
48 | are now documented. | |
49 | ||
50 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
51 | ||
52 | - The 'cflags' and 'linkflags' now work on Darwin.o | |
53 | - The intel toolset now works on Windows. | |
54 | - Fix library search options for CodeWarriour toolset. | |
55 | - The <install-source-root> could cause duplicate | |
56 | mkdir commands. | |
57 | - Numerious fixes in Boost autolink support | |
58 | - Numerious fixes in Boost.Python support. | |
59 | - Indirect properties not evaluated in usage requirements. | |
60 | - Generator that returns a property set but not target is | |
61 | considered successful. | |
62 | - On Darwin, when several compiler versions | |
63 | are configured, -fcoalesce-templates is applied only to | |
64 | versions that need it. | |
65 | ||
66 | ||
67 | Milestone 11 (Jule 20, 2006) | |
68 | ||
69 | Changes in this release: | |
70 | ||
71 | - New C++ compilers: IBM xlf, HP aCC, HP CXX, Intel fortran compiler. | |
72 | - New tools: Qt4 support, MS message compiler and IDL compiler. | |
73 | - New main targets: 'notfile' and 'cast'. | |
74 | ||
75 | - Core changes: | |
76 | ||
77 | - Only one file required at top level of a project, named Jamroot. | |
78 | - Jamfiles can now contain project-specific help messages. | |
79 | - "Indirect conditional requirements" introduced | |
80 | (http://tinyurl.com/mn3jp) | |
81 | - Strip suffix in main target names when computing names of generated | |
82 | files (URL) | |
83 | - The 'source-location' project attribute can contain | |
84 | several directories. | |
85 | - Usage requirements are propagated not only direct dependents, | |
86 | but to indirect dependents. | |
87 | ||
88 | - Command line option changes (see http://tinyurl.com/zbycz) | |
89 | - New option --build-dir | |
90 | - The --clean option cleans only target below the current directory, | |
91 | not globally. | |
92 | - New --clean-all option was added. | |
93 | - New option --debug-building | |
94 | - Running "bjam some_directory" works even if there's no Jamfile | |
95 | in the current directory. | |
96 | ||
97 | - Toolset improvements: | |
98 | - Assembling support with gcc, borland and msvc. | |
99 | - Support amd64/ia64 cross-compiling with msvc. | |
100 | - Improved, registry-based autodetection for msvc. | |
101 | - Serialize execution of gcc.link actions | |
102 | - Precompiled headers supported on MSVC | |
103 | (Need documentation) | |
104 | ||
105 | - New features <warnings> and <warnings-as-errors> | |
106 | - The 'glob' rule accepts wildcards in directory names. | |
107 | - The 'stage' rule was renamed to 'install' | |
108 | (the old name still available for compatibility) | |
109 | - The <tag> feature can accept user-defined function as value | |
110 | (URL) | |
111 | - The 'install' rule can install a directory hierarchy preserving relative | |
112 | paths. | |
113 | - The 'install' rule no longer allows to change library | |
114 | name during install. | |
115 | - The Jamfile referred via 'use-project' may declare project id different | |
116 | from the one in 'use-project'. | |
117 | - The 'using' rule now searches the directory of containing Jamfile. | |
118 | ||
119 | ||
120 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
121 | ||
122 | - The <library> feature was ignored for static linking | |
123 | - Fix #include scanning for C files. | |
124 | - Child projects were sometimes loaded before parent projects. | |
125 | - Fix project references with absolute paths on Windows. | |
126 | - The <dependency> feature was ignored for 'install' targets. | |
127 | - A generator having the same type in sources and targets was causing hang. | |
128 | - Use 'icpc' command for Intel, fixing errors with 8.1 and higher. | |
129 | - Generation of PS files with the FOP tool really produces .PS files. | |
130 | - No dependency scanning was done for C files. | |
131 | - The 'constant' and 'path-constant' rules did not accept multi-element | |
132 | value. | |
133 | - Don't pass -fcoalesce-templates to gcc on OSX 10.4 | |
134 | - Fix static lib suffix on OSX. | |
135 | - Fix rpath setting on Intel/Linux. | |
136 | - The 'install' rule don't unnecessary scans #includes in installed | |
137 | headers. | |
138 | ||
139 | ||
140 | Developer visible changes: | |
141 | ||
142 | - Ability to customize type's prefix depending on build properties. | |
143 | - Generator's 'run' method can return usage-requirements. | |
144 | - Main target rule is automatically declared for each new target type. | |
145 | - 'Link incompatible' feature attribute was removed | |
146 | - Generators no longer bypass unhandled sources, they just ignore them. | |
147 | - If there are several applicable generators, immediately report ambiguity. | |
148 | Provide a way to explicitly resolve conflicts between generators. | |
92f5a8d4 | 149 | - The 'flags' rule can match absence of feature. |
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150 | - Great improvement in response files handling |
151 | - The 'toolset.flags' rules allows value-less feature to signify | |
92f5a8d4 | 152 | absence of this feature (fix hack-hack). |
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153 | - Automatically declare main target rule for each declared target type. |
154 | - When inheriting types, inherit generators for the base type, as opposed | |
155 | to using various hacks to invoke base generators when needed. | |
156 | - Improve diagnostic for "duplicate actual target" and generator ambiguity. | |
157 | ||
158 | ||
159 | Milestone 10 (October 29, 2004) | |
160 | ||
161 | Changes in this release: | |
162 | ||
163 | Many toolsets were added: Intel, Metrowerks, Comeau, aCC, vacpp. | |
164 | Documentation was converted to BoostBook and improved. | |
165 | Performance was improved. | |
166 | ||
167 | - Toolsets initialization syntax is much more uniform. Compiler and linker | |
168 | flags can now be specified. | |
169 | - The algorithm for computing build properties was improved. Conditional | |
170 | requirements can be chained, and a number of bugs were fixed. | |
171 | - Specific order of properties can be specified. | |
172 | - The main target rules can be called from everywhere, not necessary from | |
173 | Jamfile. | |
174 | - Check for "unused sources" removed. | |
175 | - The <library> feature affects only linking now. | |
176 | - The <file> feature now works only for libraries. | |
177 | - Simpler syntax for "searched" libraries was added. | |
178 | - New <dependency> feature. | |
179 | ||
180 | ||
181 | Unix: | |
182 | The right order of static libraries on Unix is automatically | |
183 | computed. | |
184 | The <hardcode-dll-paths> feature is the default. | |
185 | gcc: | |
186 | The -fPIC option is passed when creating shared libraries. | |
187 | Problems with distcc were solved. | |
188 | Sun: | |
189 | It's now possible to use the sun linker (as opposed to gnu), and | |
190 | to compile C files. | |
191 | Darwin: | |
192 | Shared libraries are now supported. | |
193 | MSVC: Before resource files compilation, the setup script is invoked. | |
194 | Options deprecated in 8.0 are not longer used. | |
195 | ||
196 | ||
197 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
198 | ||
199 | - The <unit-test> rule did not handle the <library> property (!!!!!!) | |
200 | - Don't add "bin" to the build directory explicitly specified by the user. | |
201 | - Allow <include-type> to select staged targets, | |
202 | even with <traverse-dependencies>off. | |
203 | - Includes for the form '# include <whatever>" did not work. | |
204 | - (Qt) Add paths to all dependent libs to uic command | |
205 | line, which helps if the UI files uses plugins. | |
206 | - Using <toolset-msvc:version>xxx in requirements was broken. | |
207 | - Error message printed when target can be found is much more clear. | |
208 | - Inline targets in sources of 'stage' did not work. | |
209 | - Don't produce 'independent target' warnings on Windows | |
210 | - (gcc) The <link-runtime>static did not work. | |
211 | - (gcc) Suppress warnings from the 'ar' tool on some systems. | |
212 | - (gcc) Don't try to set soname on NT. | |
213 | ||
214 | Developer visible changes: | |
215 | ||
216 | - Generator priorities are gone, explicit overrides are used. | |
217 | - 'Active' features were removed | |
218 | - Support for VMS paths was added. | |
219 | ||
220 | Thanks to Christopher Currie, Pedro Ferreira, Philipp Frauenfelder, | |
221 | Andre Hentz, Jurgen Hunold, Toon Knapen, Johan Nilsson, Alexey Pakhunov, | |
222 | Brock Peabody, Michael Stevens and Zbynek Winkler who contributed | |
223 | code to this release. | |
224 | ||
225 | ||
226 | Milestone 9.1 (Nov 6, 2003) | |
227 | ||
228 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
229 | ||
230 | - The 'unit-test' rule used to ignore <library> properties. | |
231 | - The gcc toolset used to ignore <threading> property. | |
232 | ||
233 | Milestone 9 (Nov 6, 2003) | |
234 | ||
235 | Changes in this release | |
236 | ||
237 | - Putting library in sources of other library now works even for static | |
238 | linking, which makes expressing library->library dependency much | |
239 | simpler. | |
240 | - Performance was considerably improved. | |
241 | - Regression testing framework now works on windows. | |
242 | - The "alias" rule can have usage requirements and passes on usage | |
243 | requirements of sources. | |
244 | - The "stage" rule can traverse dependencies. | |
245 | - Support for "def files" was implemented. | |
246 | - Targets paths are now shorter. | |
247 | - Darwin toolset was improved. | |
248 | ||
249 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
250 | ||
251 | - It was not possible to specify empty suffix for a target type derived | |
252 | from other type. | |
253 | - The stage rules used to generate incorrect suffix in some cases. | |
254 | - It was possible to load Jamfile twice. | |
255 | - The 'use-project' rule was broken when referring to a child project. | |
256 | - Use of composite properties in requirements did not work. | |
257 | ||
258 | Developer visible changes: | |
259 | ||
260 | - New CALC builtin, which considerable improves performance. | |
261 | - Source layout was reorganized. | |
262 | - Handling of response file was simplified. | |
263 | ||
264 | Thanks to Pedro Ferreira, Kirill Lapshin, Andre Hentz, Paul Lin, | |
265 | Jurgen Hunold, Christopher Currie, and Brock Peabody, who contributed to | |
266 | this release. | |
267 | ||
268 | Milestone 8 (Oct 15, 2003) | |
269 | ||
270 | Changes in this release: | |
271 | ||
272 | - A regression testing framework was implemented. | |
273 | - New <implicit-dependency> feature was added for better handling | |
274 | of dependencies to generated headers. | |
275 | - The link-compatibility checks not longer cause projects to be skipped, | |
276 | and issue warning, not error, for main targets. | |
277 | - Algorithm for selecting main target alternative was improved. | |
278 | - The <dependency> feature was renamed to <use>. | |
279 | - Project root constants were made available in project root itself. | |
280 | ||
281 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
282 | ||
283 | - failure to recognize shared libraries with version as such | |
284 | - the 'path-constant' rule was mishandling absolute paths on Windows. | |
285 | ||
286 | ||
287 | Milestone 7 (Sep 11, 2003) | |
288 | ||
289 | Changes in this release: | |
290 | ||
291 | - Performance was improved. | |
292 | - Support for Sun and Darwin toolsets was added. | |
293 | - <tag> feature, which changes the name of target depending of build | |
294 | variant, was implemented. | |
295 | - Old-style targets-ids are no longer supported. | |
296 | - New 'glob' rule allows to easily perform wildcard matching in Jamfile. | |
297 | - Improve bison/flex support to understand C++. | |
298 | ||
299 | The following bugs were fixed: | |
300 | ||
301 | - bogus error on use of project default-build attribute with several | |
302 | main target alternatives. | |
303 | - broken toolset inheritance | |
304 | - hard error after skipping a target due to incompatible requirements | |
305 | - incorrect behaviour of a generator when producing several targets of | |
306 | the same type | |
307 | - errors on use of the 'project-root' rule in Jamfile context | |
308 | - inability to require specific compiler version for a main target. | |
309 | - incorrect behaviour of "bjam msvc" when msvc is configured with explicit | |
310 | version. | |
311 | ||
312 | Thanks to Christopher Currie, Pedro Ferreira and Michael Stevens, who | |
313 | contributed to this release. | |
314 | ||
315 | ||
316 | ||
317 |