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This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release (:doc:`View all changes <index>`.)
.. dropdown:: |iris_version| Release Highlights :color: primary :icon: info :animate: fade-in :open: The highlights for this major/minor release of Iris include: * N/A And finally, get in touch with us on :issue:`GitHub<new/choose>` if you have any issues or feature requests for improving Iris. Enjoy!
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- `@pp-mo`_ added a new utility function :func:`~iris.util.equalise_cubes`, to help with aligning cubes so they can merge / concatenate. (:issue:`6248`, :pull:`6257`)
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- :class:`iris.tests.IrisTest` is being replaced by :mod:`iris.tests._shared_utils`. Once conversion from unittest to pytest is completed, :class:`iris.tests.IrisTest` class will be deprecated.
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- `@ESadek-MO`_ and `@trexfeathers`_ created :ref:`contributing_pytest_conversions`
as a guide for converting from
unittest
topytest
. (:pull:`5785`) - `@ESadek-MO`_ and `@trexfeathers`_ created a style guide for
pytest
tests, and consolidatedTest Categories
andTesting Tools
into :ref:`contributing_tests` (:issue:`5574`, :pull:`5785`)
- `@ESadek-MO`_ `@pp-mo`_ `@bjlittle`_ `@trexfeathers`_ and `@HGWright`_ have
converted around a third of Iris'
unittest
style tests topytest
. This is part of an ongoing effort to move fromunittest
topytest
. (:pull:`6207`, part of :issue:`6212`) - `@trexfeathers`_, `@ESadek-MO`_ and `@HGWright`_ heavily re-worked :doc:`/developers_guide/release_do_nothing` to be more thorough and apply lessons learned from recent releases. (:pull:`6062`)