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@@ -4,31 +4,32 @@ Version 0.14.0 dependencies. Configurations can now be linked with each other to allow a package to be - built in one configuration while its dependencies in one or more linked + built in one configuration while its dependencies -- in one or more linked configurations. This can be used to create a "base" configuration with common dependencies that are shared between multiple configurations. Configurations now also have types with the three predefined types being `target` (the default) `host` (used for build-time project packages and/or dependencies), and `build2` (used for build system modules). We can now - also have multiple default configurations provided they are of different - types. This mechanism together with configuration linking is used to - provide separate configurations for build-time dependencies, for example, - tools that need to be executed or build system modules that need to be - loaded during the build. + also have multiple default configurations if they are of different types. + This mechanism together with configuration linking is used to provide + separate configurations for build-time dependencies, for example, tools + that need to be executed or build system modules that need to be loaded + during the build. If during initialization or synchronization a build-time dependency is encountered and there is no build configuration of a suitable type associated with the project, then the user is prompted to automatically - create such a configuration and associate it with the project. + create and associate such a configuration. New relevant commands: bdep-config-{link,unlink}. Command with relevant changes (new options, etc): bdep-config-create, bdep-init, bdep-sync. - See bdep-config(1) and bdep-sync(1) for details of this functionality. - See also the corresponding functionality in bpkg on which this is built. + See bdep-config(1) and bdep-sync(1) for details on this functionality. + See also the corresponding functionality in bpkg on which this support + is based. * Project packages are now by default initialized for development. @@ -42,28 +43,29 @@ Version 0.14.0 $ bdep sync @install config.hello.develop=false - See the build system manual for details on the config.*.develop variables. + See the build system manual for details on the config.*.develop variable + semantics. * Configuration of project packages is now preserved during synchronization. To reconfigure a package from scratch, use the new --disfigure bdep-sync option. For example: - $ bdep sync config.hello.develop=false - $ bdep sync # develop=false - $ bdep sync --disfigure # develop=true + $ bdep sync config.hello.develop=false # develop=false (new) + $ bdep sync # develop=false (preserved) + $ bdep sync --disfigure # develop=true (default) * The bdep-new command can now create multi-language C/C++ projects. * The bdep-new command can now create binless (header-only) C libraries. - * The bdep-new command now generates smarter glue buildfile that reads + * The bdep-new command now generates smarter glue buildfiles that read packages.manifest instead of using a directory wildcard. * New --immediate|-i and --recursive|-r bdep-{update,clean} options. - These options can be used to additionally updating or cleaning immediate - or all dependencies of the project packages, respectively. + These options can be used to additionally update or clean immediate or all + dependencies of the project packages, respectively. * New --build-config bdep-ci option. @@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ Version 0.14.0 This option can be used to request an interactive CI session. In this mode the CI service pauses the testing at the specified breakpoint and provides - the login information for the execution environment. + the login information to the execution environment. * Support for argument grouping in bdep-{sync,init}. |