Make a 1.0 Release

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We've closed all open issues and pull requests. It is time to make our 1.0 release.

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The rc is released: https://github.com/Calysto/metakernel/releases/tag/v1.0.0rc0. I'll publish the final release early next week.

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Summary of user-facing changes:

New Features

• schedule_display_output() method for pushing display messages to frontends outside of a cell execution (Add schedule_display_output for pushing messages to frontends outside execution #382)
• DisplayData() for raw MIME bundle display (closes General protocol / best practices for passing rich display for kernels #211) (Add DisplayData() for raw MIME bundle display #368)
• %lsmagic -v flag for magic load debugging (Add %lsmagic -v for magic load debugging #366)
• kernel_javascript support — write a kernel.js file during kernelspec install (Add kernel_javascript support to write kernel.js during kernelspec install #378)
• args parameter on REPLWrapper to support executable paths containing spaces (Add args parameter to REPLWrapper to support executable paths with spaces #377)
• encoding parameter on REPLWrapper to fix startup hangs on Windows (Add encoding parameter to REPLWrapper to fix startup hang on Windows #373)
• Binder support for the repo (Add Binder support #361)

Bug Fixes

• %px/%%px errors now surface as proper error messages instead of silently swallowing them (closes Error in %px does not return proper error message #61) (Fix %px/%px errors not surfacing as proper error messages (closes #61) #380)
• %%tutor no longer eagerly loads all iframes at once (closes %%tutor magic should wait for an additional click #68) (Fix %%tutor loading all iframes immediately (closes #68) #379)
• %jigsaw: fixed cross-origin errors, restored button functionality, and fixed failures when workspace path
  includes a subdirectory (closes %jigsaw saved html and xml should be able to save in path #167) (Fix %jigsaw failing to save files when workspace path includes a subdirectory #374, Fix %jigsaw cross-origin errors and restore button functionality #375)
• Fixed execute_reply reporting ok status when do_execute_direct raises an exception (closes Doesn't report error status in execute_reply msg #175) (Fix execute_reply reporting 'ok' status when do_execute_direct raises #372)
• Fixed %%python routing display() calls to the wrong kernel (Fix %%python display() routing to wrong kernel #371)
• Fixed %activity showing wrong results on repeated "Results" clicks (closes Activity magic #240) (Fix activity magic showing wrong results on repeated clicks #370)
• Fixed prompt_change_cmd storing the unformatted template instead of the formatted string (closes metakernel don't work together with octave_kernel #359) (Fix prompt_change_cmd storing unformatted template #369)
• Fixed ipywidgets Output context manager not working with MetaKernel (Fix ipywidgets Output context manager not working with MetaKernel #365)
• Fixed shell_magic failing to load on Windows via lazy initialization of the shell process (Fix shell_magic load failure on Windows by lazy-initializing shell process #364)
• Fixed REPLWrapper startup hang on some platforms by waiting for any output instead of the default prompt (Wait for any output instead of default prompt on startup #357)

Documentation

• Switched from Sphinx to MkDocs (Switch documentation from Sphinx to MkDocs #358)
• Added JupyterHub deployment docs and cross-origin regression tests (Add JupyterHub deployment docs and cross-origin regression tests (issue #196) #386)
• Added debugging section to the "new kernel" docs (Add debugging section to new kernel docs #362)
• Magics README is now included in the docs site (Include magics README in docs #367)

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https://github.com/Calysto/metakernel/releases/tag/v1.0.0rc1

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Done!

https://github.com/Calysto/metakernel/releases/tag/v1.0.0
https://pypi.org/project/metakernel/1.0.0/