Getting ready for release 1.5.0

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 =============================
-Announcing python-blosc 1.4.4
+Announcing python-blosc 1.5.0
 =============================
 
 What is new?
 ============
 
-This is a maintenance release to fix #115.  This required an update of
-C-Blosc 1.11.1.
+A new `blosc.set_releasegil()` function that allows to release/acquire
+the GIL at will.  Thanks to Robert McLeod.
 
-Also, in 1.4.0 support for Zstd has been introduced for first time, and
-so far the experience with it is really pleasant. As an example, see how
-Blosc + Zstd can collaborate compressing images delivering pretty
-impressive compression ratios and extremely fast decompression:
-
-https://github.com/Cyan4973/zstd/issues/256
-
-There is also a blog about what you can expect of it in:
-
-http://blosc.org/blog/zstd-has-just-landed-in-blosc.html
-
-For whetting your appetite, look at some benchmarks here:
-
-https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc#benchmarking
+Also, C-Blosc has been updated to 1.11.2.
 
 For more info, you can have a look at the release notes in:
 

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
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 :URL: https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc
 
 
-Changes from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4
+Changes from 1.4.4 to 1.5.0
 ===========================
 
+- Added a new `blosc.set_releasegil()` function that allows to
+  release/acquire the GIL at will.  See PR #116.
+  Thanks to Robert MacLeod.
+
 - Updated to C-Blosc 1.11.2.
 
+- Added tests that detects possible memory leaks.
+  Thanks to Robert MacLeod.
+
 
 Changes from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4
 ===========================

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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-1.4.4
+1.5.0