Removed the version handling from the 1.1 branch to make it simpler to update...

SConstruct

Index: SConstruct
===================================================================
--- SConstruct	(revision 1838)
+++ SConstruct	(working copy)
@@ -191,12 +191,7 @@
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic', '-Wno-long-long']
     },
     'os:linux': {
-      'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic'],
-      'library:shared': {
-        'soname:on': {
-          'LINKFLAGS': ['-Wl,-soname,${SONAME}']
-        }
-      }
+      'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic']
     },
     'os:macos': {
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic']
@@ -475,11 +470,6 @@
     'default': 'static',
     'help': 'the type of library to produce'
   },
-  'soname': {
-    'values': ['on', 'off'],
-    'default': 'off',
-    'help': 'turn on setting soname for Linux shared library'
-  },
   'msvcrt': {
     'values': ['static', 'shared'],
     'default': 'static',
@@ -525,49 +515,6 @@
   return result
 
 
-def GetVersionComponents():
-  MAJOR_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+MAJOR_VERSION\s+(.*)")
-  MINOR_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+MINOR_VERSION\s+(.*)")
-  BUILD_NUMBER_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+BUILD_NUMBER\s+(.*)")
-  PATCH_LEVEL_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+PATCH_LEVEL\s+(.*)")
-
-  patterns = [MAJOR_VERSION_PATTERN,
-              MINOR_VERSION_PATTERN,
-              BUILD_NUMBER_PATTERN,
-              PATCH_LEVEL_PATTERN]
-
-  source = open(join(root_dir, 'src', 'version.cc')).read()
-  version_components = []
-  for pattern in patterns:
-    match = pattern.search(source)
-    if match:
-      version_components.append(match.group(1).strip())
-    else:
-      version_components.append('0')
-
-  return version_components
-
-
-def GetVersion():
-  version_components = GetVersionComponents()
-  
-  if version_components[len(version_components) - 1] == '0':
-    version_components.pop()
-  return '.'.join(version_components)
-
-
-def GetSpecificSONAME():
-  SONAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+SONAME\s+\"(.*)\"")
-  
-  source = open(join(root_dir, 'src', 'version.cc')).read()
-  match = SONAME_PATTERN.search(source)
-  
-  if match:
-    return match.group(1).strip()
-  else:
-    return ''
-
-
 def SplitList(str):
   return [ s for s in str.split(",") if len(s) > 0 ]
 
@@ -590,10 +537,6 @@
     Abort("Profiling on windows only supported for static library.")
   if env['prof'] == 'oprofile' and env['os'] != 'linux':
     Abort("OProfile is only supported on Linux.")
-  if env['os'] == 'win32' and env['soname'] == 'on':
-    Abort("Shared Object soname not applicable for Windows.")
-  if env['soname'] == 'on' and env['library'] == 'static':
-    Abort("Shared Object soname not applicable for static library.")
   for (name, option) in SIMPLE_OPTIONS.iteritems():
     if (not option.get('default')) and (name not in ARGUMENTS):
       message = ("A value for option %s must be specified (%s)." %
@@ -724,23 +667,11 @@
     'd8': d8_flags
   }
 
-  # Generate library base name.
   target_id = mode
   suffix = SUFFIXES[target_id]
   library_name = 'v8' + suffix
-  version = GetVersion()
-  if context.options['soname'] == 'on':
-    # When building shared object with SONAME version the library name.
-    library_name += '-' + version
   env['LIBRARY'] = library_name
 
-  # Generate library SONAME if required by the build.
-  if context.options['soname'] == 'on':
-    soname = GetSpecificSONAME()
-    if soname == '':
-      soname = 'lib' + library_name + '.so'
-    env['SONAME'] = soname
-
   # Build the object files by invoking SCons recursively.
   (object_files, shell_files, mksnapshot) = env.SConscript(
     join('src', 'SConscript'),