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