Prepare for 2.5.0 release

[weather.git] / NEWS

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  New Version Information for the Weather Utility
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  New Version Information for the Weather Utility
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-:Copyright: (c) 2006-2020 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission
+:Copyright: (c) 2006-2024 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission

             to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
             granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed
             with this software.
 
 .. contents::
 
             to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
             granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed
             with this software.
 
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+2.5 Release
+-----------
+This release no longer works with Python versions prior to 3.9 since it
+relies on the new zoneinfo module from the 3.9 standard library, and may
+need the pytz library from PyPI if your system lacks time zone data.
+
+Added support for tornado watches and warnings, as well as fixing some
+bugs which caused certain alerts to fail to be found or to get filtered
+out prior to their intended expiration times. A new command line and
+configuration option for document expiration delay is included,
+defaulting to 1 hour. Data sources have also been updated, including
+2023 census locations. WX weather zone definitions now include time
+zones as well, in case they should become necessary in the future.
+

 2.4 Release
 -----------
 This is planned to be the last release supporting Python 2; starting
 2.4 Release
 -----------
 This is planned to be the last release supporting Python 2; starting

-with the 3.0.0 release, this software will only be usable with Python
-3.5 and later.
+with the 2.5.0 release, this software will only be usable with Python
+3.x.

 
 Refreshed correlation sets and data sources including updating to 2019
 US Census locations and incorporating public domain airport information
 
 Refreshed correlation sets and data sources including updating to 2019
 US Census locations and incorporating public domain airport information