Create Release 0.5.9 (#76)

* update to 0.5.9

* improve doco

Author: gillins

CreateDistribution.txt

@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ How to create a distribution of python-fmask.
 1. Ensure that you have pulled and committed everything which needs to go in.
 2. Change the version number in the fmask/__init__.py. Version number
    is of the form a.b.c, as discussed below. 
+3. Update the release notes page in the doco (doc/source/releasenotes.rst), 
+   by going through the change logs since the last release, and noting 
+   what has been done. 
    DON'T FORGET TO COMMIT THIS, BEFORE THE NEXT STEP!!!!
-3. Update the release notes page in the doco, by going through the change 
-   logs since the last release, and noting what has been done. 
-   COMMIT THIS CHANGE!!!
-4. Use "git tag" to add a version number tag, e.g.
-    git tag pythonfmask-0.3.1
-5. Push the changes to github with "git push".
-6. Check out a clean copy of the repository into /tmp or
+4. Push the changes to github with "git push" and create a PR for it and merge it.
+5. Check out a clean copy of the repository into /tmp or
    somewhere similar and 'cd' into it.
-7. Create the distribution tarball, using
+6. Create the distribution tarball, using
     python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip
    This creates both a tar.gz and a zip, under a subdirectory called dist
+7. Create checksums of each of these, e.g.
+       sha256sum python-fmask-0.5.9.tar.gz > python-fmask-0.5.9.tar.gz.sha256
+       sha256sum python-fmask-0.5.9.zip > python-fmask-0.5.9.zip.sha256
 8. Go to the https://github.com/ubarsc/python-fmask/releases page, and create a 
    new release by pressing "Draft a new release". 
    You should fill in the following:

doc/source/releasenotes.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+Version 0.5.9 (2024-03-13)
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes:
+  * Convert from bool to uint8 before writing a mask as latest RIOS no 
+    longer supports writing bool arrays
+    
+Enhancements:
+  * Add support for entrypoints using "pip install". These entrypoints 
+    cannot have an extension so to reduce confusion the documentation
+    has been updated to cover using these new entrypoints (no '.py').
+    The conda package will be similarly updated. The old scripts remain 
+    as they are, although they now emit a warning.
+
 Version 0.5.8 (2022-12-22)
 --------------------------
 

fmask/__init__.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
-__version__ = '0.5.8'
+__version__ = '0.5.9'