Preparing 0.8.3 release in nest-dev branch

doc/conf.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class MockNESTModule(mock.Mock):
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'PyNN'
 authors = u'the PyNN community'
-copyright = u'2006-2016, ' + authors
+copyright = u'2006-2017, ' + authors
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class MockNESTModule(mock.Mock):
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.2'
+release = '0.8.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

doc/developers/contributing.txt

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ We try to stay fairly close to PEP8_. Please note in particular:
     - some function/method names in PyNN use ``mixedCase``, but these will
       gradually be deprecated and replaced with ``lower_case_with_underscores``.
       Any new functions or methods should use the latter.
-    - we currently target versions 2.6, 2.7 and 3.4
+    - we currently target versions 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3-3.6
 
 
 Testing
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Making a release
 ================
 
 To make a release of PyNN requires you to have permissions to upload PyNN
-packages to the `Python Package Index`_ and the INCF Software Center, and to
+packages to the `Python Package Index`_, and to
 upload documentation to the neuralensemble.org server. If you are interested
 in becoming release manager for PyNN, please contact us via the `mailing list`_.
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ last time:
       :file:`test/unittests` and :file:`test/system` and running :command:`make doctest` in
       :file:`doc`. You should do this on at least two Linux systems -- one a very
       recent version and one at least a year old, and on at least one version of
-      Mac OS X. You should also do this with Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.4 or 3.5.
+      Mac OS X. You should also do this with Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6.
     * do all the example scripts generate the correct output? Run the
       :file:`run_all_examples.py` script in :file:`examples/tools` and then visually
       check the :file:`.png` files generated in :file:`examples/tools/Results`. Again,

doc/installation.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ install and run PyNN on Windows, but this has not been tested.
 
 Installing PyNN requires:
 
-    * Python (version 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5)
+    * Python (version 2.6, 2.7, 3.3-3.6)
     * a recent version of the NumPy_ package
     * the lazyarray_ package
     * the Neo_ package
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, there are :doc:`binary packages <download>`
 available. If you would prefer to install manually, :doc:`download the latest
 source distribution <download>`, then run the setup script, e.g.::
 
-    $ tar xzf PyNN-0.8.2.tar.gz
-    $ cd PyNN-0.8.2
+    $ tar xzf PyNN-0.8.3.tar.gz
+    $ cd PyNN-0.8.3
     $ python setup.py install
 
 This will install it to your Python :file:`site-packages` directory, and may
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ If you run into problems, check out the `NEURON Forum`_.
 Installing NEST and PyNEST
 ==========================
 
-NEST 2.10 can be downloaded from `<http://www.nest-simulator.org/download/>`_.
+NEST 2.12 can be downloaded from `<http://www.nest-simulator.org/download/>`_.
 Earlier versions of NEST will not work with this version of PyNN.
 The full installation instructions are available in the file INSTALL, which you can find in the NEST source package,
 or at `<http://www.nest-simulator.org/installation/>`_.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Now try it out::
                   -- N E S T --
 
       Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
-      Version 2.10.0 Mar 21 2016 21:29:37
+      Version 2.12.0 Mar 21 2016 21:29:37
     ...
     >>> nest.Models()
     (u'ac_generator', u'aeif_cond_alpha', u'aeif_cond_alpha_RK5', u'aeif_cond_alpha_multisynapse',

doc/release_notes.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   releases/0.8.3.txt
    releases/0.8.2.txt
    releases/0.8.1.txt
    releases/0.8.0.txt

doc/releases/0.8.3.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+========================
+PyNN 0.8.3 release notes
+========================
+
+8th March 2017
+
+Welcome to PyNN 0.8.3!
+
+
+NeuroML 2
+---------
+
+The `neuroml` module has been completely rewritten, and updated from NeuroML v1 to v2.
+This module works like other PyNN "backends", i.e. ``import pyNN.neuroml as sim``...
+but instead of running a simulation, it exports the network to an XML file in NeuroML format.
+
+NEST 2.12
+---------
+
+This release introduces support for NEST_ 2.12. Previous versions of NEST are no longer supported.
+
+
+Other changes
+-------------
+
+* `A couple of bug fixes`_
+
+
+
+.. _Brian: http://briansimulator.org
+.. _`A couple of bug fixes`: https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/PyNN/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A0.8.3

pyNN/__init__.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 :license: CeCILL, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.8.2'
+__version__ = '0.8.3'
 __all__ = ["common", "random", "nest", "neuron", "brian",
            "recording", "errors", "space", "descriptions",
            "standardmodels", "parameters", "core"]

setup.py

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ def find_nrnivmodl(self):
 
 setup(
     name="PyNN",
-    version="0.8.2",
+    version="0.8.3",
     packages=['pyNN', 'pyNN.nest', 'pyNN.neuron',
-                'pyNN.brian', 'pyNN.common', 'pyNN.mock', 'pyNN.neuroml','pyNN.neuroml.standardmodels',
-                'pyNN.recording', 'pyNN.standardmodels', 'pyNN.descriptions',
-                'pyNN.nest.standardmodels',
-                'pyNN.neuron.standardmodels', 'pyNN.brian.standardmodels',
-                'pyNN.utility', 'pyNN.nineml'],
+              'pyNN.brian', 'pyNN.common', 'pyNN.mock', 'pyNN.neuroml',
+              'pyNN.recording', 'pyNN.standardmodels', 'pyNN.descriptions',
+              'pyNN.nest.standardmodels', 'pyNN.neuroml.standardmodels',
+              'pyNN.neuron.standardmodels', 'pyNN.brian.standardmodels',
+              'pyNN.utility', 'pyNN.nineml'],
     package_data={'pyNN': ['neuron/nmodl/*.mod', "descriptions/templates/*/*"]},
     author="The PyNN team",
     author_email="andrew.davison@unic.cnrs-gif.fr",
@@ -57,19 +57,20 @@ def find_nrnivmodl(self):
     keywords="computational neuroscience simulation neuron nest brian neuromorphic",
     url="http://neuralensemble.org/PyNN/",
     classifiers=['Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-                   'Environment :: Console',
-                   'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-                   'License :: Other/Proprietary License',
-                   'Natural Language :: English',
-                   'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-                   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'],
+                 'Environment :: Console',
+                 'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+                 'License :: Other/Proprietary License',
+                 'Natural Language :: English',
+                 'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+                 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'],
     cmdclass={'build': build},
 )