[56436] branches/release_1_8

[jmr at macports.org]

Revision: 56436
          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/56436
Author:   jmr at macports.org
Date:     2009-08-27 10:48:23 -0700 (Thu, 27 Aug 2009)
Log Message:
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merge r56435 from trunk:
 NEWS and ChangeLog revisions for 1.8.0 release

Revision Links:
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    http://trac.macports.org/changeset/56435

Modified Paths:
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    branches/release_1_8/base/ChangeLog
    branches/release_1_8/base/NEWS

Property Changed:
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    branches/release_1_8/
    branches/release_1_8/base/


Property changes on: branches/release_1_8
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Modified: svn:mergeinfo
   - /trunk:55268,55279,55281,55285,55317,55385,55417,55591,55594,55679,55767,55793,56147
   + /trunk:55268,55279,55281,55285,55317,55385,55417,55591,55594,55679,55767,55793,56147,56435


Property changes on: branches/release_1_8/base
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Modified: svn:mergeinfo
   - /branches/gsoc08-privileges/base:37343-46937
/branches/universal-sanity/base:51872-52323
/branches/variant-descs-14482/base:34469-34855,34900-37508,37511-37512,41040-41463,42575-42626,42640-42659
/trunk/base:55268,55279,55281,55285,55317,55385,55417,55591,55594,55679,55767,55793,55825,56147
/users/perry/base-bugs_and_notes:45682-46060
/users/perry/base-select:44044-44692
   + /branches/gsoc08-privileges/base:37343-46937
/branches/universal-sanity/base:51872-52323
/branches/variant-descs-14482/base:34469-34855,34900-37508,37511-37512,41040-41463,42575-42626,42640-42659
/trunk/base:55268,55279,55281,55285,55317,55385,55417,55591,55594,55679,55767,55793,55825,56147,56435
/users/perry/base-bugs_and_notes:45682-46060
/users/perry/base-select:44044-44692

Modified: branches/release_1_8/base/ChangeLog
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--- branches/release_1_8/base/ChangeLog	2009-08-27 17:45:03 UTC (rev 56435)
+++ branches/release_1_8/base/ChangeLog	2009-08-27 17:48:23 UTC (rev 56436)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ###
 
 
-Release 1.8.0 (unreleased):
+Release 1.8.0 (2009-08-28 by jmr):
     - There is now a 'build_arch' variable, available in portfiles and
       configurable in macports.conf, which sets the CPU architecture that
       ports should be compiled for (when not building universal). Its default

Modified: branches/release_1_8/base/NEWS
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--- branches/release_1_8/base/NEWS	2009-08-27 17:45:03 UTC (rev 56435)
+++ branches/release_1_8/base/NEWS	2009-08-27 17:48:23 UTC (rev 56436)
@@ -1,4 +1,43 @@
+== Overview of changes from MacPorts 1.7.1 to 1.8.0 ==
 
+# For regular users:
+
+*) Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, requires at least 10.4 Tiger
+*) CPU architecture to build for is now configurable
+*) Performance and memory usage improvements
+*) New -y option for dry-run
+*) 'port search' has many new options that make it more flexible
+*) 'port upgrade' now follows the right dependencies when variants change them
+*) 'port info' and 'port variants' indicate selected and default variants;
+   'port variants' also shows conflicts and dependencies between variants
+*) A port can be marked as being replaced by another port; upgrading will
+   perform the replacement
+*) upgrade accepts new options: --force, --enforce-variants, --no-replace
+*) Ports can be marked as conflicting, and conflicts will be detected before
+   the install process starts
+*) Proxy information can now be obtained from System Preferences and from
+   macports.conf
+*) Activating a port will now first deactivate any other version of the same
+   port that is already active
+*) MacPorts can be configured to drop root privileges when not needed
+*) port(1) will exit with an appropriate status code when an error is
+   encountered (use -p to continue despite errors)
+
+# For Portfile writers:
+
+*) New options: replaced_by, conflicts, depends_fetch, depends_extract, license
+*) build_arch variable indicates which architecture should be targeted. Flags
+   used to implement this are configured per-compiler, for example,
+   configure.cc_archflags will be passed to configure.cc in CFLAGS
+*) Dependencies can be satisfied by ports that are installed but not
+   available in the ports tree
+*) Deleting all the contents of an option no longer unsets the option entirely
+*) Using an alternative fetch or extract type now adds appropriate
+   dependencies automatically, e.g. 'use_zip yes' adds a dep on unzip, and
+   'fetch.type svn' adds a dep on subversion
+*) Running phases prior to install should now work reliably when the port is
+   already installed
+
 == Overview of changes from MacPorts 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 ==
 
 # For regular users:
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