Release notes for 4.3.0.

doc/src/history.adoc

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 == Version 4.3.0
 
+There are many invidual fixes in this release. Many thanks for the
+contributions. Special thanks to Nikita for the many improvements to msvc
+and general plugging of support holes in all the compilers.
+
+There are some notable new features from Dmitry, Edward, and Nkita:
+
+* *New:* Add `force-include` feature to include headers before all sources.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* *New:* Partial support for Embarcadero C++ compilers based on clang-5.
+  -- _Edward Diener_
+* *New:* Implement configurable installation prefixes that use features.
+  -- _Dmitry Arkhipov_
+* *New:* Add `translate-path` feature. The translate-path feature allows for
+  custom path handling, with a provided rule, on a per target basis. This can
+  be used to support custom path syntax.
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
+* *New:* Add portable B2 system install option. This allows the b2 executable
+  and the build system files to live side by side. And hence to be (re)located
+  anywhere on disk. Soon to be used to supports Windows and other installers.
+  This removes the need for the `boost-build.jam` file for bootstrap. Making
+  it easier for users to get started.
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
+* Unbreak building from VS Preview command prompt.
+  -- _Marcel Raad_
+* Fix compiler version check on macOS darwin toolset.
+  -- _Bo Anderson_
+* Remove pch target naming restriction on GCC.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Select appropriate QNX target platform.
+  -- _Alexander Karzhenkov_
+* Various space & performance improvements to the b2 engine build on Windows.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Fill extra and pedantic warning options for every compiler.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Include OS error reason for engine IO failures.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Use /Zc:inline and /Zc:throwingNew flags for better language conformance.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Add cxxstd value 20 for C++20.
+  -- _Andrey Semashev_
+* Parallel B2 engine compilation on MSVC.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Updated instruction-set feature with new x86 targets.
+  -- _Andrey Semashev_
+* Pass /nologo to rc on Windows compilers.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Fixed negation in conditional properties.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Remove leftover manifest generation early exiting.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Fix timestamp delta calculation.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Add missing assembler options to clang-win.jam, to enable Context to build.
+  -- _Peter Dimov_
+* Updated scarce `:chars` documentation with `:BS` example.
+  -- _Nikita Kniazev_
+* Fix link statically against boost-python on linux.
+  -- _Joris Carrier_
+* Ongoing cleanup of engine build warnings.
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
+* Allow self-testing of toolsets that use response files.
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
+* Port `Jambase` to native C++. Hence removing one of the oldest parts of the
+  original Jam bootstrap process.
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
+
 == Version 4.2.0
 
 This release is predominantly minor fixes and cleanup of the engine. In
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 * Add `saxonhe_dir` action.
   -- _Richard Hodges_
 * Add CI testing for historical Boost versions on Windows MSVC.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Check for C++11 support when building engine. Including an informative
   error message as to that fact.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Update Jam grammar parser with latest `bison` version.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Allow root `b2 b2` engine build to work even if `bison` grammar generator
   is not available.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Warning free engine build on at least Windows, macOS, and Linux.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Sanitize Windows engine build to consistently use ANSI Win32 API.
   -- _Mateusz Loskot_
 * Fix b2 engine not exiting, with error, early when it detects a Jam language
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 * Fix compiler warnings about `-std=gnu11` when building `b2` on Cygwin. --
   _Andrey Semashev_
 * Add example of creating multiple PCHs for individual headers.
-  -- _Rene Rivera_
+  -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Add QNX threading flags for GCC toolset. -- _Aurelien Chartier_
 * Fix version option for IBM and Sun compilers when building b2 engine
   -- _Juan Alday_
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 * Fix missing `/manifest` option in clang-win to fix admin elevation for exes
   with "update" in the name. -- _Peter Dimov_
 * Add `freertos` to `os` feature. -- _Thomas Brown_
-* Default parallel jobs (`-jX`) to the available CPU threads. -- _Rene Rivera_
+* Default parallel jobs (`-jX`) to the available CPU threads. -- _René Ferdinand Rivera Morell_
 * Simpler coverage feature. -- _Hans Dembinski_
 * Better stacks for sanitizers. -- _James E. King III_