X-Git-Url: https://yuggoth.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4d00ec007534db85885ee3f0f2efb91c00596f45;hb=e07436519fa8b1340651e408a7b8c6199be3972d;hp=6ff0479a1d3ae0fca71e486bcbe40b9989191fc4;hpb=9e7002438be93025dc2923a9000e271d827011bc;p=weather.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6ff0479..4d00ec0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,18 +2,32 @@ New Version Information for the Weather Utility ================================================= -:Copyright: (c) 2006-2020 Jeremy Stanley . Permission +:Copyright: (c) 2006-2024 Jeremy Stanley . Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software. .. contents:: +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 -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