From 7557ade0ed927475d5ab5b573d0ea4febfb22683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Bussonnier Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:31:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Update what's new for 8.10 --- docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst index 50f1af61beb..7fecb799d15 100644 --- a/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst +++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst @@ -3,16 +3,41 @@ ============ -IPython 8.9.1 -------------- +.. _version 8.10.0: + +IPython 8.10 +------------ Out of schedule release of IPython with minor fixes to patch a potential CVE-2023-24816. This is a really low severity CVE that you most likely are not affected by unless: - You are on windows. - You have a custom build of Python without ``_ctypes`` - - You cd or start IPython or Jupyter in untrusted directory which names may be valid shell commands. + - You cd or start IPython or Jupyter in untrusted directory which names may be + valid shell commands. + +You can read more on `the advisory +`__. + +In addition to fixing this CVE we also fix a couple of outstanding bugs and issues. + +As usual you can find the full list of PRs on GitHub under `the 8.10 milestone +`__. + +In Particular: + + - bump minimum numpy to `>=1.21` version following NEP29. :ghpull:`13930` + - fix for compatibility with MyPy 1.0. :ghpull:`13933` + - fix nbgrader stalling when IPython's ``showtraceback`` function is + monkeypatched. :ghpull:`13934` + + + +As this release also contains those minimal changes in addition to fixing the +CVE I decided to bump the minor version anyway. +This will not affect the normal release schedule, so IPython 8.11 is due in +about 2 weeks. .. _version 8.9.0: