Updates for 4.8.1 release

CHANGES.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NOTE: Since SCons 4.3.0, Python 3.6.0 or above is required.
 NOTE: Python 3.6 support is deprecated and will be dropped in a future release.
   python.org no longer supports 3.6 or 3.7, and will drop 3.8 in Oct. 2024.
 
-RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
+RELEASE 4.8.1 -  Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:22:20 -0700
 
   From Thaddeus Crews:
     - Add explicit return types to sctypes `is_*` functions. For Python <=3.9,
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
       a space character (issue #4585).
 
 
-
-
 RELEASE 4.8.0 -  Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:22:20 -0700
 
   From Joseph Brill:

RELEASE.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-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, 4.8.1, is now available on the SCons download page:
 
@@ -13,15 +6,6 @@ A new SCons release, 4.8.1, is now available on the SCons download page:
 
 Here is a summary of the changes since 4.8.0:
 
-NEW FUNCTIONALITY
------------------
-
-- List new features (presumably why a checkpoint is being released)
-
-DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY
-------------------------
-
-- List anything that's been deprecated since the last release
 
 CHANGED/ENHANCED EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY
 ---------------------------------------
@@ -60,17 +44,6 @@ FIXES
   This has been changed to always use the `oem` encoding which should be the
   encoding in the shell where the command was spawned.
 
-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
-
-PACKAGING
----------
-
-- List changes in the way SCons is packaged and/or released
 
 DOCUMENTATION
 -------------
@@ -93,4 +66,10 @@ Thanks to the following contributors listed below for their contributions to thi
 ==========================================================================================
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.0.1..HEAD
+    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.8.0..HEAD
+
+     9  Mats Wichmann
+     8  William Deegan
+     1  SIEGRIST Anthony
+     1  Thaddeus Crews
+     1  siegria

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, 9, 0, 'a', 0)
+version_tuple = (4, 8.1)
 
 # 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__="4.8.0"
+__version__="4.8.1"
 __copyright__="Copyright (c) 2001 - 2024 The SCons Foundation"
 __developer__="bdbaddog"
-__date__="Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:52:07 -0700"
+__date__="Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:46:32 -0700"
 __buildsys__="M1Dog2021"
-__revision__="7c688f694c644b61342670ce92977bf4a396c0d4"
-__build__="7c688f694c644b61342670ce92977bf4a396c0d4"
+__revision__="08661ed4c552323ef3a7f0ff1af38868cbabb05e"
+__build__="08661ed4c552323ef3a7f0ff1af38868cbabb05e"
 # make sure compatibility is always in place
 import SCons.compat  # noqa