Release v7.0.0

7.0.0

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Summary

The 7.0 release brings a major feature in Kernel Provisioners, which enable the ability for third parties to manage the lifecycle of a kernel's runtime environment.

Being a major release, there are some backward incompatible changes. Please see the migration guide for further details.

Enhancements made

• Kernel Provisioning - initial implementation #612 (@kevin-bates)

Bugs fixed

• Fix up some async method aliases in KernelManager #670 (@kevin-bates)
• Support answer_yes when removing kernel specs #659 (@davidbrochart)
• Include process ID in message ID #655 (@takluyver)
• Fix qtconsole issues #638 (@davidbrochart)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Added debugger key in kernel_info_reply #486 (@JohanMabille)
• Prepare for use with Jupyter Releaser #676 (@afshin)
• Force install jupyter_client master #675 (@davidbrochart)
• Fix project name #674 (@vidartf)
• Rename trait to allowed_kernelspecs #672 (@blink1073)
• Remove block parameter from get_msg() #671 (@davidbrochart)
• Only import nest_asyncio locally #665 (@SylvainCorlay)
• Use a default serializer that is not only for date types #664 (@martinRenou)
• Updated debug_info_response #657 (@JohanMabille)
• Do not block on exit #651 (@impact27)
• Update test kernel with native coroutine, remove async_generator dependency #646 (@kevin-bates)
• setup.py and CI improvements #645 (@dolfinus)
• Test downstream projects #644 (@davidbrochart)
• Remove deprecations in kernel manager #643 (@kevin-bates)
• Add block=True back to get_msg() #641 (@davidbrochart)
• Pin python>=3.6.1 #636 (@davidbrochart)
• Use pre-commit #631 (@davidbrochart)
• Attempt CI with ipykernel 6.0 prerelease #629 (@SylvainCorlay)
• Make KernelManager subclass tests DRY #628 (@davidbrochart)
• Add tests to ensure MultiKernelManager subclass methods are called #627 (@kevin-bates)
• Add type annotations, refactor sync/async #623 (@davidbrochart)

Documentation improvements

• Create migration guide #681 (@blink1073)
• Update changelog for 7.0.0rc0 #673 (@blink1073)
• Added documentation for richInspectVariables request #654 (@JohanMabille)
• Change to edit_magic payload #652 (@yitzchak)
• Added missing documentation for the inspectVariables request and resp… #649 (@JohanMabille)
• Add status field to other replies in documentation #648 (@yitzchak)

Contributors to this release

(GitHub contributors page for this release)

@afshin | @blink1073 | @Carreau | @ccordoba12 | @davidbrochart | @dhirschfeld | @dolfinus | @echarles | @impact27 | @JohanMabille | @kevin-bates | @martinRenou | @mattip | @minrk | @MSeal | @SylvainCorlay | @takluyver | @vidartf | @yitzchak