[IPython-dev] Release of IPython 5.2.0

[Paul Hobson]

Thanks to the whole team!

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Matthias!
>
> On 30 January 2017 at 02:00, Matthias Bussonnier <
> bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just released IPython 5.2 about 6 month after IPython 5.1, it is
>> now available on PyPI:
>> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipython
>>
>> This is the second bugfix after IPython 5.0 and is the current stable
>> branch.
>> It is has about 3 time more patches compare to 5.1 (434 commits 5.1 ->
>> 5.2 vs 129 commits  5.0 ->5.1).
>>
>> You can install it now by using :
>>
>> $ pip install ipython --upgrade
>>
>> As usual we recommend to all users to upgrade.
>>
>> It will take a few days/weeks to propagate to conda/conda-forge/your
>> favorite distribution (contribution on this front is welcomed)
>>
>> You can see notable changes here[1], as well as more statistics
>> there[2]. You'll see mostly bugfixes, with only a couple of change in
>> behavior (removed Pdb smart mode introduced in 5.1) and addition of F2
>> shortcut to edit current text in $EDITOR. Plus a couple of convenience
>> functions here and there, better docs and warning about deprecations.
>>
>> One change that may impact further redistribution is the lack of
>> `.zip` source distribution (only a .tar.gz) as per change in PyPI
>> policy.
>>
>> You might also see that PR backport are now automatic thanks to our bot.
>>
>> As a reminder the 5.x series is our long term support branch, and will
>> live until 2020, the current development branch is 6.x, and only
>> critical bugfix/documentation get backported and actively worked on.
>> At some point after the 6.0 release we will lower our involvement on
>> the 5.x branch and will only accept patches (not actively working on
>> fixes) and backport only on request.
>>
>> There are already issue and PR targeting 5.3 on which we would welcome
>> help.
>>
>> Let us know if you have any issue with this new version.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone involved!
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> --
>> Matthias
>>
>> 1: http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/whatsnew/version5.ht
>> ml#ipython-5-2
>> 2: http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/whatsnew/github-stats-5.html
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