[IPython-dev] Release of IPython 5.2.0

[Thomas Kluyver]

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.
> html#ipython-5-2
> 2: http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/whatsnew/github-stats-5.html
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