NEW IN WAF 1.6.5 ---------------- * More documentation * Re-enable the colors for msys * Add the .ui files for the qt4 translations * Fix the conf.check_large_file() test * Fix the conf.check_library() in C++ mode #955 * Improve the latex scanner to avoid depending on generated files #943 * Remove the @file processing from the winrc tasks * Fix the python detection using python-config * Add the missing default includes and defines to the moc command * Improve support for hierarchical go-lang packages #953 * Fix the gfortran verbose flag detection on Windows * Fix the support of fortran import libraries #950 * Support for IronPython NEW IN WAF 1.6.4 ---------------- * Fix the Python detection on win32 #883 * Optimize the Python file installation #892 * Force +x permissions on installed fortran programs #893 * Qt library detection fixes #895 * Ensure that unit tests are executed only after the symlinks are created * Fix the precedence constraints for classes ending in _task #896 * Support the install_path attribute with add_pcfile #913 * Make the goprograms executable when installed #928 * Allow non-python data files in the waf executable #927 * Enforce a build order based on the scanner results #777, #922 * Multiple msvc detection fixes #907 #910 #923 #924 #926 * Fix the -of flag append with dmd #917 * Boost detection fixes #920 * Support newer javac compilers #921 * Fix the execution on python 2.3 for: "waf update", msvc.py, fc.py * Improve the support for mac applications (demos/mac_app) * Better default regexps in "waf step" * New error check for tasks creating the same nodes or having the same identifiers (waf -v) * New variables conf.env.NO_LOCK_IN_TOP/OUT/RUN for special projects (top='..') * New example on avoiding rebuilds when moving a project (playground/relocate) * Improve go-lang support for cgo-packages (fixes #932) * Fix the progress bar on cmd and msys NEW IN WAF 1.6.3 ---------------- * Fixed the interaction of Fortran configuration tests and WAFCACHE #842 * Various documentation fixes * Set the PYTHONARCHDIR variable for installing python extensions * Fixed the Waf file creation with --zip-type=gz (bunzip2 was not replaced by gzip -d) * Fixed multiple problems in the call to TaskGen.declare_chain(...) #850 * Fixed the task attribute 'vars' which might cause unnecessary rebuilds #852 * Return the value of post_check(...) in conf.check(...) #857 * Rewrite the boost tool (waflib/extras/boost.py) #814, #454, #424 * More fortran file extensions: .for, .FOR #867 * Searching above the root nodes no longer raise exceptions #868 * Msvc detection fixes for non-utf8 encodings #873 * Fixed the destdir processing on Windows #874 * Stop changing the flags on waf -v (make the errors more visible) #875 * Fixed the resource file compilation on Windows #876 * Fixed the vala file installation #881 * New system of plugins for C/C++/Fortran compilers (files named c_* in waflib/extras/) * New examples of interaction between Waf and existing makefiles (playground/) * New names for @before/@after: @before_method/@after_method NEW IN WAF 1.6.2 ---------------- * Support for C# debugging files #797 * Add -relocation-model=pic for shared libraries on ldc * Fixed 'waf dist' for tar files on python 3 #799 * Make the latex scanner recursive #798 * Enable the packing of non-python files in the waf file #802 * Improve the feature sniffing for hybrid programs/libraries #800 * New apidocs + tutorial in Sphinx format * Add the CPPFLAGS from os.environ #803 * Create the java output directory anywhere #806 * Enable the .luac file installation * Process Qt translation files * Detect when the folders were copied and prompt for "waf configure" * Parse_flags for the *-config outputs on windows (backslashes) #811 * Fix the doxygen task build order + improve the dependency scanner #821 * Various msvc fixes #819, #826, #825 * Ported the batch executor to waf 1.6 (batched_cc) * New tools: erlang, scala * Moved conf.multicheck(..) from playground to the library * New parameter to avoid reading the same scripts: bld.recurse(dir, once=True) * Detect invalid method calls in 'waf -v' such as env.append/env.add/env.prepend * New manifest option for jar targets #832 NEW IN WAF 1.6.1 ---------------- * Fixed the method check_waf_version #764 * Fixed the name in ctx.recurse(name) #769 * Stop caching the install tasks and tasks that have no outputs #770 * Fix the log in Context.cmd_and_log() when calling with "quiet" #778 * c_preproc exception when a file has the same name as a directory #777 * 'intltool_po' does not install the .mo files #782 * 'intltool_in' was broken #792 * Bind stderr and stdout to the exception in Context.cmd_and_log #779 * Tasks not rebuilding properly when the 'run' method changes #786 * Print the progress bar information as late as possible #787 * Fix for the FRAMEWORK value processing * Verbose mode should not require the compat15 tools #790 * Let static libraries use other static libraries as in 1.5 #768 * Fix for the boost tool #776 * boost tool update (in playground) #780 * Updated the java tool and examples * New gcj tool in playground * Update the c# tool and examples (playground) #796 * Read external c# libraries #774 * Xelatex support #785 * Rebuild fortran files when .mod files change #766 * docs #781 * Improve the ant_glob behaviour on ctx.root + absolute paths * Fix for glib_mkenums and dbus-binding-tool #795 * New feature 'subst' (see demos/subst) NEW IN WAF 1.6.0 ---------------- General: * Python 3 syntax by default (runs unmodified for 2.6, 2.7, 3.0 and 3.1) * Environment -> ConfigSet * only lists are allowed in ConfigSet * Better Node apis * Utils.load_tool -> Context.load_tool * set_options becomes options * only the build-related commands require a configured project * new variant system + build context commands * removed the pseudo glob in installation methods * eliminate find_sources_in_dirs * node.__class__.bld → node.ctx * bld.new_task_gen(...) disappears, use bld(...) * network updates for waf tools * accept node objects in the source and includes attributes * remove task_gen.allnodes: modify self.source directly * merge the include system for c, c++, d, gas and nasm * allow top == out (no build directory) * merge the Tool/wscript system (detect->configure, set_options->options) * new command "waf list" to list the x for "waf build --targets=x" * rename apply_core -> process_source * rename apply_rule -> process_rule * rename Task.TaskBase.classes -> Task.classes * the modules Utils.py and Logs.py are now independent from the rest of waf (imports) * remove Task.TaskManager and Build.BuildContext.all_task_gen to improve the build group handling * remove program_USELIB, shlib_USELIB staticlib_USELIB support * use tasks for target installation * improve the exception handling (WscriptError was removed, use WafError) * let the commands access node objects * infer the build directory from the lock filename * waf step --file=main.c * post task generators in a lazy manner preview 3: * remove the /W3 flag from msvc default flags * opt.tool_options -> opt.load (now all commands inherit the 'tool' method) * conf.check_tool -> conf.load * do not copy files when creating tar files in 'waf dist' * add zip files in 'waf dist' * fix the behaviour of 'waf distcheck' * preprocessor optimizations * python 2 fixes release candidate: * cache fixes * fortran fixes * python 2 and 3 fixes * docs and docstrings * support for custom waf files and preludes * fix in waflib.Context for overriding command classes * port the doxygen tool * Utils.to_hashtable -> Utils.str2dict * change the thread pool to enable thread pool sharing * fixed a regression on win32 + ansiterm.py + python 3 -> thanks to kesselhaus :-) * various msvc fixes (thanks to Nicolas Mercier)