About

This package contains a parser for the Astropy changelog format. Example usage:

In [1]: from astropy_changelog import load

In [2]: changes = load('CHANGES.rst')

In [3]: changes.versions
Out[3]:
['0.1',
 '0.2',
 '0.2.1',
 '0.2.2',
 '0.2.3',
 ...]

In [4]: changes.issues
Out[4]:
[256,
 272,
 291,
 293,
 296,
 ...]

In [5]: changes.versions_for_issue(4242)
Out[5]: ['1.2']

In [6]: changes.issues_for_version('2.0.7')
Out[6]: [7411, 7248, 7402, 7422, 7469, 7486, 7453, 7493, 7510, 7493]

Format specification

The current format uses reStructuredText. Changelog entries should be given as bullet point items inside sections for each version. These sections should have a title with the following syntax:

version (release date)

The release date can be unreleased if the version is not released yet.

The version sections can optionally include sub-sections in which the bullet items are organized, and the file can also optionally include an overall title.