diff --git a/doc/release/0.7.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/0.7.0-notes.rst index b2fc09f02dfe..a96bda1bf0fd 100644 --- a/doc/release/0.7.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/0.7.0-notes.rst @@ -249,11 +249,21 @@ the rapid increase in tests. To run the full test suite:: For more information, please see `The NumPy/SciPy Testing Guide `__. +We have also greatly improved our test coverage. There were just over 2,000 unit tests in +the 0.6.0 release; this release nearly doubles that number with just under 4,000 unit tests. + Building SciPy -------------- Support for NumScons has been added. NumScons is a tentative new -build system for NumPy/SciPy, using scons at its core. +build system for NumPy/SciPy, using `SCons `__ at its core. + +SCons is a next-generation build system meant to replace the venerable ``Make`` with +the integrated functionality of ``autoconf``/``automake`` and ``ccache``. Scons is +written in Python and its configuration files are Python scripts. NumScons is meant +to replace NumPy's custom version of ``distutils`` providing more advanced functionality +such as autoconf, improved fortran support, more tools, and support for +``numpy.distutils``/``scons`` cooperation. Sandbox Removed ---------------