Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/maint/1.9.x'

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Validate version
           command: |
-            THISVERSION=$( python3 get_version.py )
+            THISVERSION=$( pipx run hatch version )
             python -m pip install dist/*.tar.gz
             mkdir empty
             cd empty

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+1.9.0 (October 12, 2023)
+========================
+New feature release in the 1.9.x series.
+
+This release should be mostly compatible with 1.8.x.
+The most significant addition is the :class:`niworkflows.data.Loader`,
+which provides some wrapping around :mod:`importlib.resources` to make
+accessing resources more convenient.
+
+* FIX: Build config and CI (#826)
+* FIX: Compatibility with matplotlib 3.8.0 (#825)
+* FIX: Save boldrefs as float32 (#821)
+* FIX: Replace deprecated Matplotlib functionality (#820)
+* FIX: Test names of paths when calling path.iterdir() (#818)
+* ENH: Add PET support to niworkflows (#823)
+* ENH: Add data loader class, install at root and data modules (#816)
+* MNT: Pyupgrade suggestions (#817)
+* MNT: update vendored docs files (#813)
+* CI: Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 (#824)
+
 1.8.1 (June 29, 2023)
 =====================
 Patch release in the 1.8.x series.