Prepare release 0.61.0.

docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.61.0.md

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+---
+title: Release 0.61.0
+short-description: Release notes for 0.61.0
+...
+
+# New features
+
+## backend_startup_project
+
+`backend_startup_project` will no longer erase the last project in a VS
+solution if it is not the specified project.
+
+## Windows.compile_resources CustomTarget
+
+Previously the Windows module only accepted CustomTargets with one output, it
+now accepts them with more than one output, and creates a windows resource
+target for each output. Additionally it now accepts indexes of CustomTargets
+
+```meson
+
+ct = custom_target(
+  'multiple',
+  output : ['resource', 'another resource'],
+  ...
+)
+
+ct2 = custom_target(
+  'slice',
+  output : ['resource', 'not a resource'],
+  ...
+)
+
+resources = windows.compile_resources(ct, ct2[0])
+```
+
+## Add a man page backend to refman
+
+The refman docs (function and object reference) can now be generated as a man
+page.
+
+## ``extract_objects()`` supports generated sources
+
+Custom targets or generated files (returned by ``generator.process()``)
+can now be passed to ``extract_objects()``.
+
+## Python 3.6 support will be dropped in the next release
+
+The final [Python 3.6 release was 3.6.15 in September](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/#lifespan).
+This release series is now End-of-Life (EOL). The only LTS distribution that
+still ships Python 3.5 as the default Python is Ubuntu 18.04, which has Python
+3.8 available as well.
+
+Python 3.7 has various features that we find useful such as future annotations,
+the importlib.resources module, and dataclasses.
+
+As a result, we will begin requiring Python 3.7 or newer in Meson 0.62, which
+is the next release. Starting with Meson 0.61, we now print a `NOTICE:` when
+a `meson` command is run on Python 3.6 to inform users about this.
+
+## Warning if check kwarg of run_command is missing
+
+The `check` kwarg of `run_command` currently defaults to `false`.
+Because we want to change that, running
+```meson
+run_command('cmd')
+```
+now results in:
+```text
+WARNING: You should add the boolean check kwarg to the run_command call.
+         It currently defaults to false,
+         but it will default to true in future releases of meson.
+         See also: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9300
+```
+
+## `meson rewrite` can modify `extra_files`
+
+The build script rewriter can now modify targets' `extra_files` lists,
+or create them if absent. It it used in the same way as with rewriting
+source lists:
+
+```bash
+meson rewrite target <target name/id> {add_extra_files/rm_extra_files} [list of extra files]
+```
+
+The rewriter's script mode also supports these actions:
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "target",
+  "target": "<target name>",
+  "operation": "extra_files_add / extra_files_rm",
+  "sources": ["list", "of", "extra", "files", "to", "add, remove"],
+}
+```
+
+## `meson rewrite target <target> info` outputs *target*'s `extra_files`
+
+Targets' `extra_files` lists are now included in the rewriter's target info dump
+as a list of file paths, in the same way `sources` are. This applies to both
+`meson rewrite` CLI and script mode.
+
+## Visual Studio 2022 backend
+
+As Visual Studio 2022 is released recently, it's time to support the
+new version in Meson. This mainly includes the new "v143" platform tools.
+
+The usage is similar to other backends. For example
+```meson
+meson setup builddir --backend=vs2022
+```
+will configure "builddir" for projects compatible with Visual Studio 2022.
+
+## Support for CMake <3.14 is now deprecated for CMake subprojects
+
+In CMake 3.14, the File API was introduced and the old CMake server API was
+deprecated (and removed in CMake 3.20). Thus support for this API will also
+be removed from Meson in future releases.
+
+This deprecation only affects CMake subprojects.
+
+## Added support for sccache
+
+Meson now supports [sccache](https://github.com/mozilla/sccache) just
+like it has supported CCache. If both sccache and CCache are
+available, the autodetection logic prefers sccache.
+
+## install_symlink function
+
+It is now possible to request for symbolic links to be installed during
+installation. The `install_symlink` function takes a positional argument to
+the link name, and installs a symbolic link pointing to `pointing_to` target.
+The link will be created under `install_dir` directory and cannot contain path
+separators.
+
+```meson
+install_symlink('target', pointing_to: '../bin/target', install_dir: '/usr/sbin')
+```
+

docs/markdown/snippets/about_minimum_python_version.md

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-## Python 3.6 support will be dropped in the next release
-
-The final [Python 3.6 release was 3.6.15 in September](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/#lifespan).
-This release series is now End-of-Life (EOL). The only LTS distribution that
-still ships Python 3.5 as the default Python is Ubuntu 18.04, which has Python
-3.8 available as well.
-
-Python 3.7 has various features that we find useful such as future annotations,
-the importlib.resources module, and dataclasses.
-
-As a result, we will begin requiring Python 3.7 or newer in Meson 0.62, which
-is the next release. Starting with Meson 0.61, we now print a `NOTICE:` when
-a `meson` command is run on Python 3.6 to inform users about this.

docs/markdown/snippets/check_false_warning.md

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-## Warning if check kwarg of run_command is missing
-
-The `check` kwarg of `run_command` currently defaults to `false`.
-Because we want to change that, running
-```meson
-run_command('cmd')
-```
-now results in:
-```text
-WARNING: You should add the boolean check kwarg to the run_command call.
-         It currently defaults to false,
-         but it will default to true in future releases of meson.
-         See also: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9300
-```

docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_deprecated.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-## Support for CMake <3.14 is now deprecated for CMake subprojects
-
-In CMake 3.14, the File API was introduced and the old CMake server API was
-deprecated (and removed in CMake 3.20). Thus support for this API will also
-be removed from Meson in future releases.
-
-This deprecation only affects CMake subprojects.

docs/markdown/snippets/extract-more-objects.md

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## ``extract_objects()`` supports generated sources
-
-Custom targets or generated files (returned by ``generator.process()``)
-can now be passed to ``extract_objects()``.

docs/markdown/snippets/fix_backend_startup_project.md

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## backend_startup_project
-
-`backend_startup_project` will no longer erase the last project in a VS
-solution if it is not the specified project.

docs/markdown/snippets/install_symlink.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-## install_symlink function
-
-It is now possible to request for symbolic links to be installed during
-installation. The `install_symlink` function takes a positional argument to
-the link name, and installs a symbolic link pointing to `pointing_to` target.
-The link will be created under `install_dir` directory and cannot contain path
-separators.
-
-```meson
-install_symlink('target', pointing_to: '../bin/target', install_dir: '/usr/sbin')
-```

docs/markdown/snippets/refman_man_page_backend.md

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## Add a man page backend to refman
-
-The refman docs (function and object reference) can now be generated as a man
-page.

docs/markdown/snippets/rewriter_extra_files.md

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-## `meson rewrite` can modify `extra_files`
-
-The build script rewriter can now modify targets' `extra_files` lists,
-or create them if absent. It it used in the same way as with rewriting
-source lists:
-
-```bash
-meson rewrite target <target name/id> {add_extra_files/rm_extra_files} [list of extra files]
-```
-
-The rewriter's script mode also supports these actions:
-
-```json
-{
-  "type": "target",
-  "target": "<target name>",
-  "operation": "extra_files_add / extra_files_rm",
-  "sources": ["list", "of", "extra", "files", "to", "add, remove"],
-}
-```
-
-## `meson rewrite target <target> info` outputs *target*'s `extra_files`
-
-Targets' `extra_files` lists are now included in the rewriter's target info dump
-as a list of file paths, in the same way `sources` are. This applies to both
-`meson rewrite` CLI and script mode.

docs/markdown/snippets/sccache.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-## Added support for sccache
-
-Meson now supports [sccache](https://github.com/mozilla/sccache) just
-like it has supported CCache. If both sccache and CCache are
-available, the autodetection logic prefers sccache.

docs/markdown/snippets/vs_2022.md

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-## Visual Studio 2022 backend
-
-As Visual Studio 2022 is released recently, it's time to support the
-new version in Meson. This mainly includes the new "v143" platform tools.
-
-The usage is similar to other backends. For example
-```meson
-meson setup builddir --backend=vs2022
-```
-will configure "builddir" for projects compatible with Visual Studio 2022.

docs/markdown/snippets/windows_custom_targets.md

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-## Windows.compile_resources CustomTarget
-
-Previously the Windows module only accepted CustomTargets with one output, it
-now accepts them with more than one output, and creates a windows resource
-target for each output. Additionally it now accepts indexes of CustomTargets
-
-```meson
-
-ct = custom_target(
-  'multiple',
-  output : ['resource', 'another resource'],
-  ...
-)
-
-ct2 = custom_target(
-  'slice',
-  output : ['resource', 'not a resource'],
-  ...
-)
-
-resources = windows.compile_resources(ct, ct2[0])
-```

docs/sitemap.txt

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 	Release-notes.md
+		Release-notes-for-0.61.0.md
 		Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md
 		Release-notes-for-0.59.0.md
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mesonbuild/coredata.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
 #
 # Pip requires that RCs are named like this: '0.1.0.rc1'
 # But the corresponding Git tag needs to be '0.1.0rc1'
-version = '0.61.0.rc1'
+version = '0.61.0'
 
 backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2012', 'vs2013', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'vs2019', 'vs2022', 'xcode']