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SCons 0.98.3 is available

30 April 2008
SCons 0.98.3 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This release fixes some urgent bugs, and will be followed by another updated candidate for the (long-awaited) official 1.0 SCons release. We welcome and encourage widespread testing and use of this release to try to identify any problems.

SCons 0.98.2 is available

21 April 2008
SCons 0.98.2 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This release is an updated candidate for the (long-awaited) official 1.0 SCons release. We welcome and encourage widespread testing and use of this release to try to identify any problems.

SCons 0.98.1 is available

18 April 2008
SCons 0.98.1 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This release is an updated candidate for the (long-awaited) official 1.0 SCons release. We welcome and encourage widespread testing and use of this release to try to identify any problems.

SCons 0.98 is available

31 March 2008
SCons 0.98 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This release is considered a candidate for the (long-awaited) official 1.0 SCons release. We welcome and encourage widespread testing and use of this release to try to identify any problems.

SCons 0.97.0d20071212 is available

12 December 2007
The checkpoint release SCons 0.97.0d20071212 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This is a snapshot that contains some new fixes and functionality for testing, most importantly a new Glob() function that understands build directories and repositories, and some significant memory and performance improvements.

SCons 0.97.0d20070918 is available

18 September 2007
The checkpoint release SCons 0.97.0d20070918 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This is a snapshot that contains some new fixes and functionality for testing, most importantly a major refactoring of the signature subsystem.

SCons 0.97.0d20070809 is available

9 August 2007
The checkpoint release SCons 0.97.0d20070809 is now available from the download page at SourceForge. This is a snapshot that contains some new functionality for testing, most importantly the addition of a new Package() builder by Philipp Scholl, and a revamping of the various Java-related builders by Leanid Nazdrynau.

SCons 0.97 is available

17 May 2007
SCons 0.97 is now available as the first "stable" release since 0.96.1. 0.97 has been preceded by a long development cycle with numerous testing pre-releases, and contains significant accumulated features and fixes. If you upgrade from 0.96.1 (or an earlier release), BE SURE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES for important information about potential configuration changes and rebuilds. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons 0.96.96 (candidate for 0.97) is available

12 April 2007
Another testing pre-release has been made available. This pre-release makes available more bug fixes that have accumulated since 0.96.95, and is considered a candidate for the 0.97 release. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons awarded two projects for Google Summer of Code 2007

12 April 2007
The SCons Foundation has been awarded two student projects for Google Summer of Code 2007. Maciej Pasternacki will work on enhancing SCons' configuration capabilities in the model of GNU Automake. Thomas Fischer will work on distributed compilation across grid networks. Congratulations to Maciej and Thomas on their successful proposals!

SCons accepted for participation in Google Summer of Code 2007

15 March 2007
The SCons Foundation is pleased to announce that SCons has been accepted a participating organization in Google's Summer of Code 2007. Summer of Code is a program where Google pays student developers a stipend to work on writing code for open source projects. Applications from students interested in working on sCons are now being accepted. You can learn more at our announcement page.

SCons 0.96.95 (candidate for 0.97) is available

15 February 2007
Another testing pre-release has been made available. This pre-release makes available more features and bug fixes that have accumulated since 0.96.94, and is considered a candidate for the 0.97 release. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons 0.96.94 (testing pre-release for 0.97) is available

7 January 2007
Another testing pre-release has been made available. This pre-release makes available more features and bug fixes that have accumulated since 0.96.93. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons 0.96.93 (testing pre-release for 0.97) is available

6 November 2006
Another testing pre-release has been made available. This pre-release makes available more features and bug fixes that have accumulated since 0.96.92. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons awarded Google Summer of Code project

24 May 2006
Google's Summer of Code will fund a project proposed by Philipp Scholl to add support for packaging and release dependencies to SCons. Stefan Seefeld will be mentoring Philipp's proposal for the next several months. Congratulations to Philipp, and thanks to Stefan for mentoring.

Tracking of SCons bug reports, patches and feature requests has moved to tigris.org.

21 May 2006
After five years of tracking bug reports, patches and feature requests at our SourceForge project page, we've converted them all to our project Issue Tracker at tigris.org. The goal is for this to provide improved management of work on the project. Many thanks to Greg Noel and Kevin Maples for making this happen.

SCons 0.96.92 (testing pre-release for 0.97) is available

10 April 2006
Another testing pre-release has been made available. This is intended as the last testing pre-release before the .sconsign file changes significantly to (among other things) handle builds consistently when only a subset of a tree's dependency graph is used, as well as supporting more flexible detection of file changes. This pre-release also makes available more features and bug fixes that have accumulated since 0.96.91. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons 0.96.91 (testing pre-release for 0.97) is available

8 September 2005
Another testing pre-release has been made available. There will be more of these to get fixes out to the field while we continue to work on performance issues in anticipation of a wider 0.97 release. Download it directly from the download page at SourceForge.

SCons 0.96.90 (testing pre-release for 0.97) is available

15 February 2005
SCons 0.96.90 contains a lot of features, bug fixes, and some greatly-anticipated improvements in performance and memory consumption. Because there have been a number of extensive changes to internal subsystems, this testing pre-release is intended to try to catch any last crucial bugs before releasing it officially as 0.97 (to be released soon, we hope). You can download it directly from the download page at SourceForge. See the Relase Notes for a description of how you can help test this release and an overview of important (interface- or behavior-changing) changes. See the ChangeLog for a complete list of all the new and fixed stuff.

New SCons Website Design

28 September 2004
SCons has unveiled a new design of its website, contributed by Keir Mierle. Please report any issues with the site to webmaster@scons.org.

SCons 0.96.1 Released

23 August 2004
Bugfix release 0.96.1 fixes a handful of critical problems in 0.96. Consult your friendly neighborhood download page for more information, or use the Download quick links to the right.

SCons 0.96 Released

18 August 2004
Beta release 0.96 adds Fortran 90/95 support, better Qt support, platform-independent file manipulation actions, new debugging features and lots more.