v4.0.0

README.md

@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ either of these with ``sudo``.
 
 ## Version History
 
+* [Release ``4.0.0``](https://github.com/CMA-ES/pycma/releases/tag/r4.0.0)
+  - majorly improved mixed-integer handling based on a more concise lower bound
+    of variances and on so-called integer centering
+  - moved options and parameters code into a new file
+  - many small-ish fixes and improvements
 * [Release ``3.4.0``](https://github.com/CMA-ES/pycma/releases/tag/r3.4.0)
   - fix compatibility to `numpy` 2.0 (thanks to [Sait Cakmak](https://github.com/saitcakmak))
   - improved interface to `noise_handler` argument which accepts `True` as value

cma/__init__.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
 # fcts = ff  # historical reasons only, replace cma.fcts with cma.ff first
 
-__version__ = "3.4.0"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 # $Source$  # according to PEP 8 style guides, but what is it good for?
 # $Id: __init__.py 4432 2020-05-28 18:39:09Z hansen $
 # bash $: svn propset svn:keywords 'Date Revision Id' __init__.py

setup.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 # from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import setup
 from cma import __version__  # assumes that the right module is visible first in path, i.e., cma folder is in current folder
-from cma import __doc__ as long_description
+from cma import __doc__ as long_description  # is overwritten below
 
 # prevent the error when building Windows .exe
 import codecs