Merge pull request #48 from PyUtilib/update-changelog

Updating the changelog in preparation for the upcoming release

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
  PyUtilib CHANGELOG
 ====================
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Version 5.6.4
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+- Fix IOptionDataProvider methods missing 'self' argument (#34)
+- Updates to ConfigBlock
+  - Add missing API, add ConfigDict alias, fix default value handling (#40)
+  - Add option to preserve implicit values (#45)
+  - Allow overriding attributes when copying (#44)
+- Update project administration files (#41) 
+- Update MutableMapping import to avoid deprecation warning (#43)
+- Fix and simplify file comparison operators (#47)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Version 5.6.3
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RELEASE.txt

@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-We are pleased to announce the release of !PyUtilib 5.1 (5.1.3548). The !PyUtilib project supports the development of an ensemble of Python packages that include a wide variety of utilities, including a well-developed component architecture.
+We are pleased to announce the release of PyUtilib 5.6.4. The
+PyUtilib project supports the development of an ensemble of Python
+packages that include a wide variety of utilities, including a
+well-developed component architecture.
 
-The following are highlights of this release:
+The following are highlights of the 5.6 release series:
 
-- Adding multiple task submission capability to Pyro dispatcher.
-- Adding support for xlrd and openpyxl interfaces.
-- Changing the semantics of Config* objects to return the values
-  of ConfigValue objects.
-- When loading dictionaries, recursively create Container objects
-    for sub-dictionaries.
-- Updates to the ConfigBlock
-  - Support for multiple argument definitions for a single ConfigValue
-  - Support for declaring groups by passing argparse parser or group objects
+- Added a general visitor pattern in pyutilib.misc
+- Improvements to the ConfigBlock class
+- Improved I/O management
+- Improved test script robustness
 
-See https://software.sandia.gov/trac/pyutilib/wiki/GettingStarted for instructions for getting started with !PyUtilib.  !PyUtilib can be downloaded from PyPI.  
+PyUtilib can be installed from PyPI using pip or conda-forge using conda.
 
 Enjoy!
 
- - !PyUtilib Developer Team
+ - PyUtilib Developer Team
  - [email protected]
  - https://github.com/PyUtilib/pyutilib.git

setup.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def read(*rnames):
     requires.append('ordereddict')
 
 setup(name="PyUtilib",
-    version='5.6.3',
+    version='5.6.4',
     maintainer='William E. Hart',
     maintainer_email='[email protected]',
     url = 'https://github.com/PyUtilib/pyutilib',