NEW IN WAF 1.5.9
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* process the framework flags from the pkg-config output
* installation improvements for c/c++ apps on osx
* compilation improvements for c/c++ shared libraries on osx
* compatibility to Python 3.1
* detect the amount of processors on jython
* bison tool rewrite
* enhanced logging and error reporting
* do not eliminate the build nodes when the node directory is empty
* enable Node parameters in bld.install_as and bld.install_files
* new env.detach() to prevent confusing data sharing
* installation is now performed after the build is complete by default
* swig demo update
* local static libraries are not propagated (convenience libraries)
* jni configuration helper (java)
* fixed wrong so name in versioned libraries
* Cross-compilation improvements

NEW IN WAF 1.5.8
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* installing shared libraries on unix platforms was broken
* adding post-execution tasks made deadlocks (issue #467)

NEW IN WAF 1.5.7
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* support for vala 0.7.3
* qt4 detection improvements
* parse config flags handle the -f flags
* intltool detection improvements
* return values can be defined unquoted in conf.check (quote=False)
* ant_glob rewrite (solves many bugs)
* solution for unicode problems
* enhanced python 3 compatibility (does not use 2to3 for the conversion)
* jython support (the development version)
* msvc detection improvements (folders with spaces, 64bit systems, ...)
* support for dll import lib on win32
* daemon mode (playground/dirwatch - pyinotify or time threshold)
* spot the typo feature -> features
* more documentation for the @extension decorator
* use the -of flags for dmd execution (d language)

NEW IN WAF 1.5.6
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* let the qt4 tool operate with generated files
* fix a problem with the config.h creation
* fixed the regression with write_config_header on win32
* look for AR in os.environ first (consistency with CC)
* doxygen demo update (playground)
* sample tool for compiling specific files (playground)
* incomplete daemon tool (playground)
* simple include scanner for c/c++ without macro substitution
* identify gcc first on solaris/sunos platforms
* warn if bz2 support is missing when trying to unpack waf

NEW IN WAF 1.5.5
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* improve the compatibility of qt4 and variants
* rename MTask to qxx in the qt4 tool
* make the preprocessor error messages less scary
* let the preprocessor tokenize hex and octal numbers properly
* let the preprocessor assume undefined macros evaluate to 0
* bld.add_pre_fun and bld.add_post_fun to add pre/post functions
* enable extended build groups with names
* enable scanner methods on declare_chain and make-like rules
* vala improvements
* cygwin fixes
* better Vim integration: fixes for completion+isatty, and :make
* read the script files in mode='rU' to avoid dos mode files problems
* fix the autoconfig behaviour with installation and targets
* write the configuration header to the expected location
* warn again for missing features

NEW IN WAF 1.5.4
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* commands are executed without the shell by default, lists are recommended for cxxflags
* the restriction srcdir='.' was removed (use with care)
* java tool improvements
* new ant-like file matching: print bld.path.ant_glob('**/*.c', flat=True)
* cosmetic changes for the unit test tool
* d language tool fixes + demo update (uselib_local)
* d flags simplification
* enable chains of commands: "waf distclean configure build"
* enable recursion for commands (including custom commands) by passing a context instance
* enable documentation for custom commands (in --help)
* enable custom build or configuration contexts from user scripts
* distcheck is executed without the shell
* project autoconfiguration activates when the build directory is removed/does not exist
* remove the static libraries before "ar" is executed
* python 3.0 compatibility (tested for c++ projects)
* config.log improvements
* enable the single header output for vala >= 0.7.0
* avoid loading a tool twice with the same configuration functions (composite projects)
* cross-compilation demo improvements (playground/cross/)
* the swig demo has been updated to be entirely dynamic (experimental)

NEW IN WAF 1.5.3
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* progress bar fixes with variants and with -pp (ide output)
* enable libraries using only add_objects (no sources)
* let the digest written in the waf file match the digest of the binary archive
* windows: use shutil.move instead of os.rename
* load modules only once
* add -pthread flags for python extensions on FreeBSD
* show how to build swig extensions besides embedded interpreters
* fix the installation of kde4 locale files
* uselib local fixes
* minor optimizations
* demo scripts improvements (cc, cxx)
* warn for invalid or missing features
* raise an exception for the use of install_files and install_as with 1.4 apis
* remove the remaining Build.bld calls from the Waf library (safer for tests)
* execute all external programs with a default current working directory to avoid mistakes
* fix the remaining bugs in the Waf preprocessor
* fix a problem with the after/before dependency reading
* fix the string expansion for backslashes
* execute the commands without the shell on windows to avoid space issues
* remove the PREFIX processing from Environment.py
* various improvements to the msvc tool (launch commands without the shell, autodetection)
* various fixes for use with the suncc/suncxx compilers
* intltool, csharp and qt4 updates
* write all the output to stderr by default (and not to stdout)
* support for the intel c++ compiler (icpc)
* consistency: let the gnu_dirs tool use ${} instead of $()
* add library paths automatically for c/c++ unit tests

NEW IN WAF 1.5.2
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* guard for unexpected interruptions (pickle file consistency)
* make nasm output files more robust to collisions
* minor osx fixes (add the flags -undefined dynamic_lookup)
* pkg-config fixes
* fix the qt4 detection for multiple installations
* include processing fixes
* remove the default include paths (unresolved dependencies)

NEW IN WAF 1.5.1
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* installing python files works once again
* let the python tool configure with c++
* the waf preprocessor parses macros without parameters
* -Wl,-rpath, <- two commas
* framework variable processing in osx.py
* shared libraries with version numbers are symlinked into the build directory
* handle the absolute paths in includes as intended
* no more deadlock when an exception occurs in post_run
* waf dist does not pack the temporary waf directory anymore
* minor bugfixes for java, ocaml, kde4
* the boost tool is back
* swig demo
* doxygen+tar demo

NEW IN WAF 1.5.0
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* the module Common was removed
* the modules UnitTest and DirWatch have been moved to Tools/
* bld.create_obj -> bld.new_task_gen
* bld.create_obj('cpp', 'program') -> bld.new_task_gen('cxx', 'program')
* bld.env() -> bld.env
* conf.test.uselib -> conf.test.uselib_store, "uselib" now has the same
meaning in configuration and build)
* the helper functions have been moved to Utils.py
* Task_gen.g_allobj -> bld.all_task_gen or Params.g_build.all_task_gen
* The old priority system was removed
* m_tstamp_variants -> node_sigs
* bld_sigs -> task_sigs
* the method for scanning implicit dependencies is Task::scan(self) -> (nodes, text)
* implicit dependencies are indexed by Task::unique_id(self)
* The module Params disappears
* Params.g_autoconfig -> Configure.autoconfig
* Params.pprint -> Utils.pprint
* Params.g_options -> Options.options
* Params.g_commands -> Options.commands
* Params.g_build -> Build.bld
* Build.bld.m_scanned_folders -> Build.bld.cache_scanned_folders
* Build.bld.m_allenvs -> Build.bld.all_envs
* Node: find_build -> find_or_declare
* Node: find_source -> find_resource
* Node: find_resource_lst, find_or_declare_lst, ensure_dir_node_from_path_lst, find_dir_lst disappear
* Runner: Runner.exec_command -> Utils.exec_command
* Runner: Runner.printout -> bld.printout
* Remove m_ from all variables
* installation api simplification
* remove the configuration cache
* the -k behaviour was restored (keep running after errors)
* new interfaces for custom error handling
* new interfaces for reordering the tasks before executing them (scheduling constraints)
* modification of the installation system: use foo.install_path = '${PREFIX}/bin' instead of inst_var and inst_dir
* Configure.Configure -> Configure.ConfigurationContext
* Build.Build -> Build.BuildContext
* detect the amount of cpus automatically
* preprocessor improvements (implicit include paths)
* configuration api refactoring (c/c++)
* The Waf binary size has been reduced by 25%
* Functional syntax is enabled for all task generators
* Stable apis for the 1.5.x series
* Documentation in the Waf book

NEW IN WAF 1.4.3
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* elimination of the Action classes
* quote '%' characters in subst_obj
* boost module improvements
* two new dependency algorithms
* automatic dependency computation (task chaining)

NEW IN WAF 1.4.2
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* updated documentation (waf.pdf)
* new examples (demos/simple_scenarios/)
* node system bugfixes
* compile multiple vala files at the same time
* optimization of the method clone()

NEW IN WAF 1.4.1
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* the gnome help installation is finally correct
* java support improvements
* in qt4 projects, dependencies are added on files listed in the qrc
* object extensions uses a new scheme to avoid conflicts
* optional dependency tracking on headers out of the build directory (bug:132)
* set the c language extension to ".c" only
* bash completion
* installation system fixes

NEW IN WAF 1.4.0
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* various optimizations - see http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/bench.txt
* new system for adding methods dynamically (extend c/c++ builders)
* export_incdirs will add the folders when linking against libraries given in uselib_local
* the type 'plugin' disappears, the c/c++ types are staticlib,program,shlib
* configuration modules simplification (gcc, g++, ..)
* the configuration details are written to config.log
* the configuration defines are written in order of declaration
* the configuration process can be modified dynamically
* autoconfiguration no longer loses the command-line options
* clone no longer clashes with uselib_local