About to release v0.8

CHANGES.txt

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ jpy Changelog
 *************
 
 
-Version 0.8 (SNAPSHOT)
-======================
+Version 0.8
+===========
 
 * Fixed problem where a Python interpreter crash occurred when executing del statement on Java arrays (issue #52)
 * Fixed problem where loading of jpy DLL fails for user-specific Python installations on Windows (issue #58)

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 jpy Python-Java bridge
-######################
+======================
 
 jpy is a **bi-directional** Python-Java bridge which you can use to embed Java code in Python programs or the other
 way round. It has been designed particularly with regard to maximum data transfer speed between the two languages.
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ jpy has been tested with Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and Oracle Java 7 and 8 JDKs.
 
 The initial development of jpy has been driven by the need to write Python extensions to an established scientific
 imaging application programmed in Java, namely the [BEAM](http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam/) toolbox
-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
+funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and is now continued through
+[SNAP](http://step.esa.int/main/toolboxes/snap/), SeNtinel Application Platform project.
 Writing such Python plug-ins for a Java application usually requires a bi-directional communication between Python and
 Java since the Python extension code must be able to call back into the Java APIs.
 
@@ -28,3 +29,36 @@ For more information please have a look into jpy's
 * [documentation](http://jpy.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
 * [source repository](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy)
 * [issue tracker](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/issues?state=open)
+
+
+How to build on Linux and Mac
+-----------------------------
+
+Install a JDK 8, preferrably the Oracle distribution. Set JDK_HOME or JPY_JDK_HOME to point to your JDK installation 
+and run the build script: 
+
+    > export JDK_HOME=<your-jdk-dir>
+    > python setup.py --maven build
+
+On success, the output is found in the `build` directory.
+
+How to build on Windows
+-----------------------
+
+If you are on Windows, please note that if you run a 32-bit Python you'll also need a 32-bit JDK.
+Set JDK_HOME or JPY_JDK_HOME to point to your JDK installation. You'll need Windows SDK 7.1 or Visual Studio C++ to 
+build the sources. With Windows SDK 7.1
+
+    > SET VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\
+    > SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
+    > C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\bin\setenv /x64 /release
+    > SET JDK_HOME=<your-jdk-dir>
+    > python setup.py --maven build
+
+With Visual Studio 14 and higher it is much easier:
+
+    > SET VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
+    > SET JDK_HOME=<your-jdk-dir>
+    > python setup.py --maven build
+
+On success, the output is found in the `build` directory.

pom.xml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jpy</groupId>
     <artifactId>jpy</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8</version>
 
     <description>
         jpy is a bi-directional Java-Python bridge which you can use to embed Java code in Python programs or the other

setup.cfg

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ verbose = 1
 force = 1
 
 [install]
-record = setup.out
+record = setup.out
+
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md

setup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 __author__ = "Norman Fomferra, Brockmann Consult GmbH"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2015 Brockmann Consult GmbH"
 __license__ = "GPL v3"
-__version__ = "0.8-SNAPSHOT"
+__version__ = "0.8"
 
 import sys
 import os

winbuild.cmd

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 :: Windows SDK 7.1 settings
-#SET SDK_SETENV=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\bin\setenv
-#SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS100COMNTOOLS%
-#SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
+SET SDK_SETENV=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\bin\setenv
+SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS100COMNTOOLS%
+SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
 
-# VS 14 settings (with Windows 10)
-SET SDK_SETENV=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC
-SET VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
+:: VS 14 settings (with Windows 10)
+::SET SDK_SETENV=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC
+::SET VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
 
 
-SET JDK32_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45
-SET JDK64_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45
+SET JDK32_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_60
+SET JDK64_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60
 
-SET PY27_64=C:\Python27
-SET PY33_64=C:\Python33
-SET PY34_64=C:\Python34
-SET PY27_32=C:\Python27-x86
-SET PY33_32=C:\Python33-x86
-SET PY34_32=C:\Python34-x86
+SET PY27_64=C:\Python27-amd64
+SET PY33_64=C:\Python33-amd64
+SET PY34_64=C:\Python34-amd64
+SET PY27_32=C:\Python27
+SET PY33_32=C:\Python33
+SET PY34_32=C:\Python34