Merge pull request #4785 from SCons/rel_4.10.1

4.10.1 Release

Author: bdbaddog

CHANGES.txt

@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ NOTE: Since SCons 4.3.0, Python 3.6.0 or above is required.
 NOTE: Since SCons 4.9.0, Python 3.7.0 or above is required.
 
 
-RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
-
-  From John Doe:
-    - Whatever John Doe did.
+RELEASE 4.10.1 - Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:51:57 -0700
 
   From Thaddeus Crews:
     - Add support for Visual Studio 2026.
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
     - Enable membership tests on instances of Literal (non-substituting string).
     - In the SequenceTypes tuple used for dynamic type checks, include
       the dict contents views, exclude the dictionary view itself as it
-      is not an interable sequence type.
+      is not an iterable sequence type.
     - Internal: where the find method on a string was used to determine
       if a substring is present, use the more readable "in" and "not in".
 

RELEASE.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-If you are reading this in the git repository, the contents
-refer to *unreleased* changes since the last SCons release.
-Past official release announcements appear at:
-
-    https://scons.org/tag/releases.html
-
-==================================================================
-
-A new SCons release, NEXT_RELEASE, is now available on the SCons download page:
+A new SCons release, 4.10.1, is now available on the SCons download page:
 
     https://scons.org/pages/download.html
 
@@ -16,68 +8,41 @@ Here is a summary of the changes since PREVIOUS_RELEASE:
 NEW FUNCTIONALITY
 -----------------
 
-- List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released)
-
 - Add support for Visual Studio 2026.
 
-DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY
-------------------------
-
-- List anything that's been deprecated since the last release
-
 CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY
 ---------------------------------------
 
-- List modifications to existing features, where the previous behavior
-  wouldn't actually be considered a bug
-
 - Switch test framework from using profile to cProfile. profile
   generates deprecation warnings starting with Python 3.15.
 
 FIXES
 -----
 
-- List fixes of outright bugs
-
 - Enable membership tests on instances of Literal (non-substituting string).
 
 - In the SequenceTypes tuple used for dynamic type checks, include
   the dict contents views, exclude the dictionary view itself as it
-  is not an interable sequence type.
+  is not an iterable sequence type.
 
 IMPROVEMENTS
 ------------
 
-- List improvements that wouldn't be visible to the user in the
-  documentation:  performance improvements (describe the circumstances
-  under which they would be observed), or major code cleanups
-
 - Internal: where the find method on a string was used to determine
   if a substring is present, use the more readable "in" and "not in".
 
-PACKAGING
----------
-
-- List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released
-
 DOCUMENTATION
 -------------
 
-- List any significant changes to the documentation (not individual
-  typo fixes, even if they're mentioned in src/CHANGES.txt to give
-  the contributor credit)
-
 - Improve documentation of builder methods and builder objects.
 
 - Make links clickable in the SetOption and GetOption manpage entries.
 
-DEVELOPMENT
------------
-
-- List visible changes in the way SCons is developed
-
 Thanks to the following contributors listed below for their contributions to this release.
 ==========================================================================================
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    git shortlog --no-merges -ns PREVIOUS_RELEASE..HEAD
+    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.10.0..HEAD
+        12  Mats Wichmann
+         4  William Deegan
+         1  Thaddeus Crews

ReleaseConfig

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # If the release type is not 'final', the patchlevel is set to the
 # release date.  This value is mandatory and must be present in this file.
 #version_tuple = (2, 2, 0, 'final', 0)
-version_tuple = (4, 12, 0, 'a', 0)
+version_tuple = (4, 10, 1)
 
 # Python versions prior to unsupported_python_version cause a fatal error
 # when that version is used.  Python versions prior to deprecate_python_version

SCons/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-__version__="4.10.0"
+__version__="4.10.1"
 __copyright__="Copyright (c) 2001 - 2025 The SCons Foundation"
 __developer__="bdbaddog"
-__date__="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:16:02 -0700"
+__date__="Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:18:20 -0700"
 __buildsys__="M1Dog2021"
-__revision__="b3e979a3e42c43b91f7624895910afb869a19806"
-__build__="b3e979a3e42c43b91f7624895910afb869a19806"
+__revision__="055b01f429d58b686701a56df863a817c36bb103"
+__build__="055b01f429d58b686701a56df863a817c36bb103"
 # make sure compatibility is always in place
 import SCons.compat  # noqa

SConstruct

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ copyright_years = strftime('2001 - %Y')
 # This gets inserted into the man pages to reflect the month of release.
 month_year = strftime('%B %Y')
 project = 'scons'
-default_version = '4.10.0'
+default_version = '4.10.1'
 copyright = f"Copyright (c) {copyright_years} The SCons Foundation"
 
 # We let the presence or absence of various utilities determine whether

doc/generated/examples/caching_ex-random_1.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <screen xmlns="http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0 http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0/scons.xsd">% <userinput>scons -Q</userinput>
-cc -o f5.o -c f5.c
-cc -o f4.o -c f4.c
 cc -o f1.o -c f1.c
+cc -o f4.o -c f4.c
 cc -o f3.o -c f3.c
+cc -o f5.o -c f5.c
 cc -o f2.o -c f2.c
 cc -o prog f1.o f2.o f3.o f4.o f5.o
 </screen>

doc/generated/examples/troubleshoot_taskmastertrace_1.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <screen xmlns="http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0 http://www.scons.org/dbxsd/v1.0/scons.xsd">% <userinput>scons -Q --taskmastertrace=- prog</userinput>
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Gained exclusive access
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Starting search
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found 0 completed tasks to process
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Searching for new tasks
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Gained exclusive access
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Starting search
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found 0 completed tasks to process
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Searching for new tasks
 
 Taskmaster: Looking for a node to evaluate
 Taskmaster:     Considering node &lt;no_state   0   'prog'&gt; and its children:
@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@ Taskmaster: Evaluating &lt;pending    0   'prog.c'&gt;
 
 Task.make_ready_current(): node &lt;pending    0   'prog.c'&gt;
 Task.prepare():      node &lt;up_to_date 0   'prog.c'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found internal task
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found internal task
 Task.executed_with_callbacks(): node &lt;up_to_date 0   'prog.c'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  node &lt;up_to_date 0   'prog.c'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  removing &lt;up_to_date 0   'prog.c'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  adjusted parent ref count &lt;pending    1   'prog.o'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Searching for new tasks
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Searching for new tasks
 
 Taskmaster: Looking for a node to evaluate
 Taskmaster:     Considering node &lt;no_state   0   'inc.h'&gt; and its children:
 Taskmaster: Evaluating &lt;pending    0   'inc.h'&gt;
 
 Task.make_ready_current(): node &lt;pending    0   'inc.h'&gt;
 Task.prepare():      node &lt;up_to_date 0   'inc.h'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found internal task
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found internal task
 Task.executed_with_callbacks(): node &lt;up_to_date 0   'inc.h'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  node &lt;up_to_date 0   'inc.h'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  removing &lt;up_to_date 0   'inc.h'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  adjusted parent ref count &lt;pending    0   'prog.o'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Searching for new tasks
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Searching for new tasks
 
 Taskmaster: Looking for a node to evaluate
 Taskmaster:     Considering node &lt;pending    0   'prog.o'&gt; and its children:
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ Taskmaster: Evaluating &lt;pending    0   'prog.o'&gt;
 
 Task.make_ready_current(): node &lt;pending    0   'prog.o'&gt;
 Task.prepare():      node &lt;executing  0   'prog.o'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found task requiring execution
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Executing task
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found task requiring execution
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Executing task
 Task.execute():      node &lt;executing  0   'prog.o'&gt;
 cc -o prog.o -c -I. prog.c
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Enqueueing executed task results
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Gained exclusive access
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Starting search
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found 1 completed tasks to process
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Enqueueing executed task results
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Gained exclusive access
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Starting search
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found 1 completed tasks to process
 Task.executed_with_callbacks(): node &lt;executing  0   'prog.o'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  node &lt;executed   0   'prog.o'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  removing &lt;executed   0   'prog.o'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  adjusted parent ref count &lt;pending    0   'prog'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Searching for new tasks
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Searching for new tasks
 
 Taskmaster: Looking for a node to evaluate
 Taskmaster:     Considering node &lt;pending    0   'prog'&gt; and its children:
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ Taskmaster: Evaluating &lt;pending    0   'prog'&gt;
 
 Task.make_ready_current(): node &lt;pending    0   'prog'&gt;
 Task.prepare():      node &lt;executing  0   'prog'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found task requiring execution
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Executing task
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found task requiring execution
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Executing task
 Task.execute():      node &lt;executing  0   'prog'&gt;
 cc -o prog prog.o
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Enqueueing executed task results
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Gained exclusive access
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Starting search
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found 1 completed tasks to process
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Enqueueing executed task results
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Gained exclusive access
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Starting search
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found 1 completed tasks to process
 Task.executed_with_callbacks(): node &lt;executing  0   'prog'&gt;
 Task.postprocess():  node &lt;executed   0   'prog'&gt;
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Searching for new tasks
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Searching for new tasks
 
 Taskmaster: Looking for a node to evaluate
 Taskmaster: No candidate anymore.
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Found no task requiring execution, and have no jobs: marking complete
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Gained exclusive access
-Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8383127872] Completion detected, breaking from main loop
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Found no task requiring execution, and have no jobs: marking complete
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Gained exclusive access
+Job.NewParallel._work(): [Thread:8314855936] Completion detected, breaking from main loop
 </screen>