REL: 1.27.6

Deprecations (DEP):
-  Remove support for Python 2.6 and older (py-pdf#776)

New Features (ENH):
-  Extract document permissions (py-pdf#320)

Bug Fixes (BUG):
-  Clip by trimBox when merging pages, which would otherwise be ignored (py-pdf#240)
-  Add overwriteWarnings parameter PdfFileMerger (py-pdf#243)
-  IndexError for getPage() of decryped file (py-pdf#359)
-  Handle cases where decodeParms is an ArrayObject (py-pdf#405)
-  Updated PDF fields don't show up when page is written (py-pdf#412)
-  Set Linked Form Value (py-pdf#414)
-  Fix zlib -5 error for corrupt files (py-pdf#603)
-  Fix reading more than last1K for EOF (py-pdf#642)
-  Acciental import

Robustness (ROB):
-  Allow extra whitespace before "obj" in readObjectHeader (py-pdf#567)

Documentation (DOC):
-  Link to pdftoc in Sample_Code (py-pdf#628)
-  Working with annotations (py-pdf#764)
-  Structure history

Developer Experience (DEV):
-  Add issue templates (py-pdf#765)
-  Add tool to generate changelog

Maintenance (MAINT):
-  Use grouped constants instead of string literals (py-pdf#745)
-  Add error module (py-pdf#768)
-  Use decorators for @staticmethod (py-pdf#775)
-  Split long functions (py-pdf#777)

Testing (TST):
-  Run tests in CI once with -OO Flags (py-pdf#770)
-  Filling out forms (py-pdf#771)
-  Add tests for Writer (py-pdf#772)
-  Error cases (py-pdf#773)
-  Check Error messages (py-pdf#769)
-  Regression test for issue py-pdf#88
-  Regression test for issue py-pdf#327

Code Style (STY):
-  Make variable naming more consistent in tests

All changes: py-pdf/pypdf@1.27.5...1.27.6

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,56 @@
+Version 1.27.6, 2022-04-18
+--------------------------
+
+Deprecations (DEP):
+-  Remove support for Python 2.6 and older (#776)
+
+New Features (ENH):
+-  Extract document permissions (#320)
+
+Bug Fixes (BUG):
+-  Clip by trimBox when merging pages, which would otherwise be ignored (#240)
+-  Add overwriteWarnings parameter PdfFileMerger (#243)
+-  IndexError for getPage() of decryped file (#359)
+-  Handle cases where decodeParms is an ArrayObject (#405)
+-  Updated PDF fields don't show up when page is written (#412)
+-  Set Linked Form Value (#414)
+-  Fix zlib -5 error for corrupt files (#603)
+-  Fix reading more than last1K for EOF (#642)
+-  Acciental import
+
+Robustness (ROB):
+-  Allow extra whitespace before "obj" in readObjectHeader (#567)
+
+Documentation (DOC):
+-  Link to pdftoc in Sample_Code (#628)
+-  Working with annotations (#764)
+-  Structure history
+
+Developer Experience (DEV):
+-  Add issue templates (#765)
+-  Add tool to generate changelog
+
+Maintenance (MAINT):
+-  Use grouped constants instead of string literals (#745)
+-  Add error module (#768)
+-  Use decorators for @staticmethod (#775)
+-  Split long functions (#777)
+
+Testing (TST):
+-  Run tests in CI once with -OO Flags (#770)
+-  Filling out forms (#771)
+-  Add tests for Writer (#772)
+-  Error cases (#773)
+-  Check Error messages (#769)
+-  Regression test for issue #88
+-  Regression test for issue #327
+
+Code Style (STY):
+-  Make variable naming more consistent in tests
+
+
+All changes: https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/compare/1.27.5...1.27.6
+
 Version 1.27.5, 2022-04-15
 --------------------------
 

PyPDF2/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.27.5"
+__version__ = "1.27.6"