Re: SCons 2.5.0 Released

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On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Dirk Bächle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On 10.04.2016 03:12, Bill Deegan wrote:
>
>> No problemo!
>>
>> Now for py3 compatibility!
>> -Bill
>>
>>
> good to see v2.5.0 out (thanks Bill)! Some additional thoughts, addressing
> points made in the more recent posts to scons-dev:
>
> - ad Python 3.0: Any code/test cleanup is good! Please use the "dir/file
> fixture" feature of the test framework
>   wherever you can. Perhaps someone can try to write a simple script,
> parsing the tests and converting all
>   "strings to files"? I know this won't fit in all cases, but most setups
> are probably easy enough for this to work...
>

Good.  I think we are all in agreement with this then. Not sure how many
can be converted do to generating local variables into the strings, but I
will at least try for any tests I update in the future.


>
> - ad branching/versions: We still have the "stubprocess.py" extension as
> open item. Do we plan an additional v2.6.0?
>   I could imagine merging the current python3 branch simply back onto
> default (keeping a v2.6.0 branch open for people
>   that are truly stuck with Python 2.X on their systems), and continuing
> the rest of the work right on "default".
>   Maybe this would speed up development, by inflicting everybody (no pain,
> no gain ;) ) and avoiding all hassles about which
>   branch is the "current" one?
>
> - in general: Once the mixed Python 2.x/3.x version is stable, I plan to
> introduce several architectural changes to
>   the core sources. I'm still working on the gory details, but I'll try to
> let some "Functional programming" style creep
>   in, in order to reduce side-effects and the number of import
> dependencies. My goal is to allow several top-level builds
>   at the same time for example, which isn't possible at the moment due to
> the usage of global variables.
>   If anyone thinks this is the wrong direction to go, please speak up
> now...before I've invested a lot of work. :)
>   I'll offer some new design docs and the actual pull requests for review,
> when they are ready and I'm happy
>   with the results...just wanted to let everybody know about my plans.
>

At a glance I like the idea, but the details aren't known yet :)


>
> Best regards,
>
> Dirk
>
>
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