prepare release notes for EasyBuild v4.9.3 + bump version to 4.9.3

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -7,6 +7,109 @@ The latest version of easybuild-easyconfig provides 19,985 easyconfig files, for
 incl. 40 different (compiler) toolchains.
 
 
+v4.9.3 (14 September 2024)
+--------------------------
+
+update/bugfix release
+
+- added easyconfigs for foss/2024a (#21100) and intel/2024a (#21101) common toolchains
+- added example easyconfig files for 108 new software packages:
+  - absl-py (#21039), accelerate (#21107), affogato (#20636), APOST3D (#21133), bayesian-optimization (#21301), BayesOpt (#21261),
+    BGEN-enkre (#15752), bitsandbytes (#21248), bliss (#21206), cfgrib (#21113), CLANS (#21099), colorize (#20964), CORSIKA (#20693),
+    COSTA (#20989), coxeter (#21254), Critic2 (#20833), crypt4gh (#20870), dblatex (#21207), dictys (#21166), DL_POLY_Classic_GUI (#20819),
+    EGA-QuickView (#20888), EMMAX (#21174), empanada-dl (#20454), empanada-napari (#20454), ESIpy (#21006), fastfilters (#21003),
+    fish (#21381), flash-attention (#21083), Flax (#21039), fonttools (#21363), fsm-lite (#20503), GDMA (#21171), GeoDict (#20650),
+    gmpflf (#20882), GPflow (#21172), gtk-doc (#21207), Gubbins (#20413), Gymnasium (#20420), HERRO (#21252), IEntropy (#20808),
+    ilastik-napari (#21003), IMAGE (#20994), junos-eznc (#21166), jupyter-collaboration (#20741), jupyter-vscode-proxy (#20876),
+    langchain-mistralai (#20759), langchain-openai (#20711), LRBinner (#21310), lrcalc (#21339), MAGIC (#20900), mallard-ducktype (#21127),
+    MATES (#21229), MBX (#21155), mcqd (#21283), MeshLab (#20806), meteogrid (#20921), micro-sam (#20636), miniprot (#21157),
+    napari-denoiseg (#20934), NECAT (#21359), nellie (#21267), NextPolish (#21265), nifty (#20636), ome-types (#21256), openai-python (#20711),
+    OpenForceField-Toolkit (#20852), orjson (#20880), PEcAn (#21227), PretextMap (#20790), PyBEL (#20953), pyMBE (#21034), pystencils (#20889),
+    python-blosc (#20636), python-elf (#20636), rankwidth (#20788), Rasqal (#21207), Redland (#21227), Regenie (#15752), rMATS-long (#20916),
+    Sagemath (#21365), scCustomize (#20907), SCENICplus (#21085), scFEA (#20777), sdsl-lite (#20503), SharedMeatAxe (#21303),
+    Single-cell-python-bundle (#20116), SIRIUS (#20989), sirocco (#21304), SKA2 (#20411), SpFFT (#20989), spla (#11607), Stable-Baselines3 (#20884),
+    submitit (#21103), SVDSS2 (#20855), tdlib (#21305), torch-em (#20636), Umpire (#20989), Uni-Core (#21182), vigra (#20636), Visit (#20981),
+    weblogo (#20800), wradlib (#21110), xtb-IFF (#20783), yell (#20964), yelp-tools (#21127), yelp-xsl (#21127), z5py (#20636), Zoltan (#21324)
+- added additional easyconfigs for various supported software packages, including:
+  - AGAT 1.4.0, ANTLR 2.7.7, APOST3D 20240527, APR-util 1.6.3, APR 1.7.4, ASE 3.23.0, ASE 3.23.0, Abseil 20240722.0, Albumentations 1.4.0, AlphaPulldown 2.0.0b4, AlphaPulldown 2.0.0b4, AmberTools %s.%s, Arcade-Learning-Environment 0.8.1, Arrow 16.1.0, Autoconf-archive 2023.02.20, absl-py 2.1.0, accelerate 0.33.0, adjustText 0.7.3, affogato 0.3.3, alsa-lib 1.2.11, alsa-lib 1.2.11, archspec 0.2.4, attr 2.5.2, BGEN-enkre 1.1.7, BRiAl 1.2.12, Bandage 0.9.0, BayesOpt 0.9, BayesTraits 4.1.2, BeautifulSoup 4.12.3, BioPerl 1.7.8, Biopython 1.84, Bison 3.8.2, Boost.MPI 1.83.0, Boost.Python 1.82.0, Boost 1.55.0, Bowtie 1.3.1, Bowtie 1.3.1, Brunsli 0.1, Brunsli 0.1, bayesian-optimization 1.5.1, bcl-convert 4.2.7-2, beagle-lib 4.0.1, binutils 2.42, biom-format 2.1.16, bitsandbytes 0.43.3, bitsandbytes 0.43.3, bliss 0.77, byacc 2.0.20240109, CD-HIT 4.8.1, CDO 2.3.0, CESM-deps 2, CFITSIO 4.4.1, CGAL 5.6.1, CLANS 2.0.8, CORSIKA 77550, COSTA 2.2.2, CSBDeep 0.7.4, CUDA-Samples 11.8, CUDA-Samples 12.2, CUDA 12.5.0, CUDA 12.6.0, CUDD 3.0.0, CUTLASS 3.4.0, Catch2 2.13.10, CellOracle 0.18.0, Clang 18.1.8, ConcurrentVersionsSystem 1.11.23, Coreutils 9.5, Critic2 1.2, CubeLib 4.8.2, CubeWriter 4.8.2, Cython 3.0.10, cairo 1.18.0, cairomm 1.16.2, cfgrib 0.9.14.0, chewBBACA 3.3.9, code-server 4.90.2, colorize 0.7.7, connected-components-3d 3.14.1, cooler 0.10.2, coxeter 20180226, cppy 1.2.1, crb-blast 0.6.9, crypt4gh 1.7, cryptography 42.0.8, cutadapt 4.9, cyvcf2 0.31.1, DB 18.1.40, DB_File 1.859, DBus 1.15.8, DL_POLY_4 5.1.0, DL_POLY_Classic_GUI 1.10, DMTCP 3.0.0, DMTCP 3.0.0, DMTCP 3.0.0, dblatex 0.3.12, dictys 1.1.0, dictys 1.1.0, dorado 0.6.1, dorado 0.7.3, dtcmp 1.1.5, duplex-tools 0.3.3, EGA-QuickView 20240620, EMMAX 20100310, ESIpy 20240709, ESMF 8.6.0, ESMF 8.6.1, ESPResSo 4.2.2, EasyBuild 4.9.2, EvidentialGene 2023.07.15, Exonerate 2.4.0, Extrae 4.2.0, ecBuild 3.8.5, ecCodes 2.27.0, einops 0.7.0, elfutils 0.191, empanada-dl 0.1.7, empanada-napari 1.1.0, expecttest 0.2.1, FFTW.MPI 3.3.10, FFTW.MPI 3.3.10, FFmpeg 7.0.2, FLAC 1.4.3, FLAC 1.4.3, FUSE 3.16.2, FastTree 2.1.11, Filtlong 0.2.1, Flask 3.0.3, Flax 0.8.4, Flax 0.8.4, Flye 2.9.4, FragGeneScan 1.31, FriBidi 1.0.15, fastahack 1.0.0, fastfilters 0.3, fastp 0.23.4, ffnvcodec 12.2.72.0, file 5.43, filevercmp 20191210, fish 3.7.1, flash-attention 2.6.3, flatbuffers-python 24.3.25, flatbuffers 24.3.25, flex 2.6.4, flit 3.9.0, fmt 10.2.1, fonttools 4.53.1, fonttools 4.53.1, fonttools 4.53.1, fonttools 4.53.1, fonttools 4.53.1, foss 2024a, fplll 5.4.5, fpylll 0.6.1, fsm-lite 1.0, fsom 20151117, GCC 14.2.0, GCCcore 14.2.0, GDAL 3.9.0, GDMA 2.3.3_20230603, GEOS 3.12.1, GHC 9.10.1, GLM 1.0.1, GLib 2.80.4, GLibmm 2.72.1, GLibmm 2.75.0, GLibmm 2.77.0, GLibmm 2.78.1, GOATOOLS 1.4.5, GPAW 24.6.0, GPAW 24.6.0, GPflow 2.9.2, GPflow 2.9.2, GPflow 2.9.2, GPyOpt 1.2.6, GROMACS 2023.3, GTS 0.7.6, GeoDict 2024.SP2, GetOrganelle 1.7.7.1, GimmeMotifs 0.17.2, Gubbins 3.3.5, Guile 2.0.14, Guile 3.0.10, Gurobi 11.0.2, Gymnasium 0.29.1, g2lib 3.2.0, gap 4.13.0, gawk 5.3.0, gc 8.2.6, genomepy 0.16.1, gensim 4.3.2, gfbf 2024a, gffutils 0.13, gflags 2.2.2, gh 2.52.0, giflib 5.2.1, git-annex 10.20240731, gmpflf 2024.06, gmpich 2024.06, gmpy2 2.2.0, gompi 2024a, googletest 1.15.2, graph-tool 2.59, graphite2 1.3.14, groff 1.23.0, grpcio 1.57.0, gtk-doc 1.34.0, HDBSCAN 0.8.38.post1, HERRO 0.1.0_20240808, HOMER 4.11.1, HPL 2.3, HPL 2.3, HPL 2.3, HTSeq 2.0.7, HiCMatrix 17.2, Highway 1.2.0, Hypre 2.31.0, hatchling 1.24.2, help2man 1.49.3, hiredis 1.2.0, histolab 0.6.0, histolab 0.7.0, hypothesis 6.103.1, IEnt, IQ-TREE 2.3.5, ITK 5.3.0, ImageMagick 7.1.1-34, Imath 3.1.11, IsoQuant 3.5.0, igraph 0.10.12, iimpi 2024a, ilastik-napari 0.2.4, imageio 2.34.1, imbalanced-learn 0.12.3, imkl-FFTW 2024.2.0, imkl 2024.2.0, impi 2021.13.0, inferCNV 1.21.0, intel-compilers 2024.2.0, intel 2024a, intervaltree 0.1, intltool 0.51.0, JsonCpp 1.9.5, JsonCpp 1.9.5, Judy 1.0.5, Julia 1.10.4, jax 0.4.25, jax 0.4.25, jemalloc 5.3.0, json-c 0.17, json-fortran 8.5.2, json-fortran 8.5.2, junos-eznc 2.7.1, jupyter-collaboration 2.1.1, jupyter-vscode-proxy 0.6, Kaleido 0.2.1, Kent_tools 461, Kent_tools 468, kineto 0.4.0, LAME 3.100, LLVM 18.1.8, LMDB 0.9.31, LRBinner 0.1, LZO 2.10, LittleCMS 2.16, langchain-mistralai 0.1.8, langchain-openai 0.1.8, libcircle 0.3, libdap 3.20.11, libdrm 2.4.122, libdwarf 0.10.1, libedit 20240517, libgeotiff 1.7.3, libgit2 1.8.1, libglvnd 1.7.0, libidn2 2.3.4, libmatheval 1.1.11, libogg 1.3.5, libogg 1.3.5, libopus 1.5.2, libopus 1.5.2, libsigc++ 3.6.0, libsigc++ 3.6.0, libsigc++ 3.6.0, libsndfile 1.2.2, libsndfile 1.2.2, libsodium 1.0.20, libspatialindex 2.0.0, libunistring 1.2, libunwind 1.8.1, libvorbis 1.3.7, libvorbis 1.3.7, libwebp 1.4.0, libxslt 1.1.42, libzip 1.10.1, longread_umi 0.3.2, lrcalc 2.1, lwgrp 1.0.6, lxml 5.3.0, M4 1.4.19, MAGIC 3.0.0, MATES 0.1.2-20240813, MATES 0.1.2-20240813, MBX 1.1.0, MCR R2024a, METIS 5.1.0, MONAI 1.3.0, MPICH 4.2.1, MUMPS 5.6.1, MUMPS 5.7.2, MUMPS 5.7.2, MUSCLE 5.1.0, MariaDB 11.6.0, Maven 3.9.7, Mercurial 6.8.1, Mesa 24.1.3, MeshLab 2023.12, Miniconda3 23.10.0-1, MultiQC 1.22.3, maeparser 1.3.1, makedepend 1.0.9, mallard-ducktype 1.0.2, matplotlib 3.9.2, maturin 1.6.0, mcqd 1.0.0, medaka 1.12.0, medaka 1.12.0, medaka 1.12.1, medaka 1.12.1, meshio 5.3.5, meson-python 0.16.0, meteogrid 20240627, micro-sam 1.0.1, miniasm 0.3-20191007, miniprot 0.13, ml-collections 0.1.1, mm-common 1.0.6, mm-common 1.0.6, mm-common 1.0.6, mm-common 1.0.6, molmod 1.4.8, molmod 1.4.8, mpifileutils 0.11.1, mrcfile 1.4.3, multichoose 1.0.3, multiprocess 0.70.15, mygene 3.2.2, NCO 5.1.9, NECAT 0.0.1, NLopt 2.7.1, NLopt 2.7.1, NanoCaller 3.6.0, NextPolish 1.4.1, NiBabel 5.2.0, Normaliz 3.10.3, n2v 0.3.3, nano 8.1, nanopolish 0.14.0, napari-denoiseg 0.0.1, ncbi-vdb 3.1.1, nellie 0.3.1, nellie 0.3.1, nettle 3.10, nifty 1.2.1, nlohmann_json 3.11.3, nose3 1.3.8, nsync 1.29.2, numexpr 2.9.0, OPARI2 2.0.8, ORCA 6.0.0, ORCA 6.0.0, ORCA 6.0.0, ORCA 6.0.0, OSU-Micro-Benchmarks 7.4, OSU-Micro-Benchmarks 7.4, OTF2 3.0.3, OpenAI-Gym 0.26.2, OpenEXR 3.2.4, OpenFOAM 10, OpenFOAM 12, OpenFOAM v2406, OpenForceField-Toolkit 0.16.0, OpenJPEG 2.5.2, OpenMM 8.0.0, OpenPGM 5.2.122, OpenSlide 3.4.1, Optax 0.2.2, Optax 0.2.2, Optuna 3.6.1, ome-types 0.5.1.post1, openai-python 1.30.5, openslide-python 1.3.1, orjson 3.9.15, PAPI 7.1.0, PDT 3.25.2, PEcAn 1.8.0.9000, PLY 3.11, PLY 3.11, PaStiX 6.3.2, PaStiX 6.3.2, ParMETIS 4.0.3, ParMETIS 4.0.3, ParaView 5.12.0, Perl-bundle-CPAN 5.38.2, Pillow-SIMD 10.4.0, Pint 0.24, Platypus-Opt 1.2.0, PostgreSQL 16.4, PretextMap 0.1.9, PyAEDT 0.9.9, PyBEL 0.15.5, PyCharm 2024.1.6, PyRosetta 4.release-384, PyTorch-Geometric 2.5.0, PyWavelets 1.7.0, PyYAML 6.0.2, Pygments 2.18.0, Pylint 3.2.5, Pyomo 6.7.3, Python-bundle-PyPI 2024.06, packmol 20.14.4, pagmo 2.19.0, parallel 20240722, parasail 2.6.2, pixman 0.43.4, pkgconfig 1.5.5, pod5-file-format 0.3.10, poetry 1.8.3, popt 1.19, pretty-yaml 24.7.0, primecount 7.14, primecountpy 0.1.0, prompt-toolkit 3.0.36, psycopg 3.2.1, pyBigWig 0.3.22, pyGenomeTracks 3.9, pyMBE 0.8.0, pybind11 2.12.0, pycocotools 2.0.7, pydantic 2.7.4, pydicom 2.4.4, pydot 2.0.0, pyfasta 0.5.2, pygmo 2.19.5, pyperf 2.7.0, pyseer 1.3.12, pyspoa 0.2.1, pystencils 1.3.4, pysteps 1.10.0, python-blosc 1.11.0, python-elf 0.5.1, python-, QuantumESPRESSO 7.3.1, QuantumESPRESSO 7.3.1, Qwt 6.3.0, qnorm 0.8.1, R-bundle-CRAN 2024.06, R 4.4.1, RDKit 2024.03.3, RStudio-Server 2023.09.1+494, RapidJSON 1.1.0-20240409, Raptor 2.0.16, Rasqal 0.9.33, Ray-project 2.9.1, ReFrame 4.6.2, ReFrame 4.6.2, Redland 1.0.17, Regenie 3.1.2, Rust 1.79.0, rMATS-long 1.0.0-20240502, rankwidth 0.9, rapidNJ 2.3.3, redis-py 5.0.9, regionmask 0.12.1, rjags 4-15, rpmrebuild 2.18, ruamel.yaml 0.18.6, SCENICplus 1.0a1-20240513, SCOTCH 7.0.4, SDL2 2.30.6, SHAP 0.43.0, SIONlib 1.7.7, SIP 6.8.3, SIRIUS 7.5.2, SKA2 0.3.7, SOCI 4.0.3, SRA-Toolkit 3.1.1, STAR 2.7.11b_alpha_2024-02-09, STREAM 5.10, STRUMPACK 7.1.0, STRUMPACK 7.1.0, SVDSS2 2.0.0-alpha.3, Safetensors 0.4.3, Sagemath 10.4, Salmon 1.10.3, ScaLAPACK 2.2.0, ScaLAPACK 2.2.0, SciPy-bundle 2024.05, SciPy-bundle 2024.05, Score-P 8.4, Score-P 8.4, SentencePiece 0.2.0, SeqKit 2.8.2, SharedMeatAxe 1.0.1, Single-cell-python-bundle 2024.02, SingleM 0.16.0, SpFFT 1.1.0, Sphinx-RTD-Theme 2.0.0, Sphinx-RTD-Theme 2.0.0, Stable-Baselines3 2.3.2, Stack 3.1.1, SuiteSparse 7.7.0, SuperLU 6.0.1, SuperLU_DIST 8.2.1, scArches 0.6.1, scCustomize 2.1.2, scFEA 1.1-20221109, scib-metrics 0.5.1, scikit-build 0.17.6, scrublet 0.2.3, scvi-tools 1.1.2, scvi-tools 1.1.2, sdsl-lite 2.0.3, segment-anything 1.0, setuptools-rust 1.9.0, sirocco 2.1.0, slepc4py 3.20.2, smafa 0.8.0, smithwaterman 20160702, snpEff 5.2c, spaCy 3.7.4, spektral 1.2.0, spglib-python 2.5.0, spglib 2.5.0, spla 1.6.1, spoa 4.1.0, submitit 1.2.0, svist4get 1.3.1, TAMkin 1.2.6, TAMkin 1.2.6, TELEMAC-MASCARET 8p5r0, TF-COMB 1.1, TOBIAS 0.16.1, TensorFlow 2.15.1, Tk 8.6.14, Tkinter 3.12.3, Transrate 1.0.3, Triangle 1.6, Trycycler 0.5.5, tabixpp 1.1.2, tbb 2021.9.0, tdlib 0.9.3, tensorboard 2.15.1, tiktoken 0.7.0, timm 1.0.8, torch-em 0.7.1, UCX-CUDA 1.15.0, UCX-CUDA 1.16.0, Umpire 2024.02.1, Uni-Core 0.0.3, Uni-Core 0.0.3, unixODBC 2.3.12, utf8proc 2.9.0, VBZ-Compression 1.0.3, VSEARCH 2.28.1, VTK 9.2.6, Visit 3.4.1, vcflib 1.0.9, velocyto 0.17.17, vigra 1.11.2, virtualenv 20.26.2, WFA2 2.3.4, WRF 4.5.1, Wayland 1.23.0, weblogo 2.8.2, wget 1.21.4, wradlib 2.0.3, wradlib 2.0.3, X11 20240607, XGBoost 2.1.1, XML-LibXML 2.0210, x264 20240513, x265 3.6, xarray 2024.5.0, xtb-IFF 1.1, xtb 6.7.1, xtensor 0.24.7, YACS 0.1.8, Yasm 1.3.0, yell 2.2.2, yelp-tools 42.1, yelp-xsl 42.1, Z3 4.13.0, ZeroMQ 4.3.5, Zoltan 3.901, z5py 2.0.17, zlib 1.3.1
+- minor enhancements, including:
+  - correct configuration of QuantumESPRESSO for 6.7/6.8/7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3 (#20070)
+  - add internal CUDA header patch for PSM2 (#20804)
+  - add support for JupyterHub to TensorBoard (#20823)
+  - make sure that recent ImageMagick versions pick up the right pkgconf and improve the sanity checks (#20900)
+  - also install utilities for recent versions of FUSE 3.x (#20918)
+  - add RISC-V support to x264-20231019/GCCcore-13.2.0 (#20968)
+  - add RISC-v support to recent LAME easyconfigs by removing workaround for finding libncurses (#20970)
+  - enable PIC in recent x265 easyconfigs to solve compilation errors on RISC-V (#20971)
+  - add missMDA extension to R-bundle-CRAN versions 2023.12 (#21167) and 2024.06 (#21183)
+  - add Qt support to VTK 9.3.0 (#21221)
+  - add insight extension to R-bundle-CRAN 2024.06 (#21260)
+  - add performance, datwizard and bayestestR to R-bundle-CRAN 2024.06 (#21272)
+  - add `helper_scripts` to PATH in ProteinMPNN-1.0.1-20230627 (#21289)
+  - add the plugins to OpenFOAM v2406 (#21332)
+  - use proper Python dependency for OTF2 (#21325)
+- various bug fixes, including:
+  - add wrapper for Julia with linking safeguards and delegate environment setup to JuliaPackage (#20103)
+  - fix typo in description of SuiteSparse v7.7.0 (#20567)
+  - add 'pic' flag to IML (#20789)
+  - add patch to fix build error with numpy with some compilers (#20817)
+  - rename unpacked sources for components of EasyBuild v4.9.2, to ensure that '`--install-latest-eb-release`' works with older EasyBuild versions (#20818)
+  - fix build of OpenBLAS 0.3.24 on A64FX (#20820)
+  - remove maturin build dependency from langchain-antropic (#20825)
+  - add GMP and MPFR as dependencies to OpenFOAM v2306 and v2312 (#20841)
+  - add patch to SciPy-bundle 2024.05 that fixes numpy test failures on RISC-V (#20847)
+  - skip unreliable memory leak test in PyTorch 2.1.2 (#20874)
+  - use PyYAML 6.0.1 instead of 6.0 for recent ReFrame versions (#20879)
+  - use PyPI source tarball and gfbf/2023a toolchain for pyBigWig (#20881)
+  - add fix for failing test on zen4 to Highway 1.0.4 (#20942)
+  - add patch to fix implicit function declaration in OpenMPI 4.1.4 (#20949)
+  - only use libxsmm as dependency for CP2K 2023.1 w/ `foss/2023a` on x86_64 (#20951)
+  - copy missing `rsem_perl_utils.pm` in DETONATE, since it's required by `rsem-eval-calculate-score` command (#20956)
+  - set `SATSUMA2_PATH` so Satsuma2 can locate executables (#20957)
+  - disable auto-vectorizer (`-ftree-vectorize`) for OpenFOAM v10 + v11 when using toolchain that with GCC >= 11 (#20958)
+  - disable test step for WIEN2k 23.2 because files required by it can no longer be downloaded (#20969)
+  - rename `gubbins-2.4.0.eb` to `Gubbins-2.4.0.eb` (#20995)
+  - add patch to fix Qt6 issues with ParaView v5.12.0, e.g. representation selection (#21002)
+  - update homepage in phonopy easyconfigs (#21014)
+  - make libunwind dependency architecture specific in Extrae 4.2.0 easyconfig (#21017)
+  - add `OPENSSL_ENABLE_SHA1_SIGNATURES` for building `ansys-pythonnet` (#21028)
+  - fix download URLs for old Intel software (2018-23) (#21108)
+  - update source and homepage URLs in Szip easyconfigs (#21129)
+  - rename source URL in HDF v4.2.16-2 easyconfig (#21130)
+  - consistently fix homeage + source URL for `HDF` + `h4toh5` (#21134)
+  - ensure that recent BioPerl easyconfigs use `Bundle` easyblock (#21136)
+  - fix checksum checks for easyconfigs using a `Bundle`-like easyblock in easyconfigs test suite (#21143)
+  - add pkgconf build dependency to scikit-misc v0.3.1 (#21144)
+  - disable use of MySQL in GDAL (#21156)
+  - add GPflow v2.9.2 and fix tensorflow-probability to pass pip check (#21172)
+  - stop RStudio-Server 2023.09 from installing R packages (+ move to `foss/2023a` toolchain) (#21175)
+  - remove `Time::HiRes` from `Perl-bundle-CPAN` (#21198)
+  - fix build of STAR 2.7.11a + 2.7.11b on non-x86 architectures by avoiding use of `-maxv2` + add missing `xxd` build dependency (#21200)
+  - add missing cairo dependency for python-igraph v0.10.6 (#21211)
+  - add patch for xtb 6.7.0 to fix build failure due to changes in tblite (#21255)
+  - add patch for HDF5-1.14.3 to _suppress fp exceptions (#21280)
+  - correct extension order in R-bundle-CRAN 2024.06 (#21285)
+  - update easyconfig for dorado 0.7.3 to properly use provided OpenSSL dependency, and not install external libraries into its own lib directory (#21297)
+  - use source tarballs from GitHub for recent libdap easyconfigs (#21334)
+  - use version in byacc 2.0.20240109 sources (#21344)
+  - remove Highway build dependency in Brunsli easyconfigs, since it's not actually required at all (#21366)
+  - add alternative checksum for bold 1.3.0 extension in R-bundle-CRAN (#21370)
+  - disable buiding docs in fish (#21381)
+- other changes:
+  - archive outdated example easyconfigs for Fujitsu toolchain (#20781)
+  - upgrade builddependency rpmrebuild to version 2.18 in bcl-convert 4.2.7 easyconfig (#20861)
+  - switch transformers to use external Safetensor dep (#20864)
+  - rename ega-quickview to EGA-QuickView (#20888)
+  - remove CMake Arrow flag as there is no Arrow dependency in recent GDAL easyconfigs (#20905)
+  - whitelist ConfigureMakePythonPackage for sanity_check_paths CI check (#20963)
+  - make pytest v7.4.2 independent of Python-bundle-PyPI (#21004)
+  - reorganize Flax/JAX stack in 2023a: move `jax` + `Optax` to `gfbf/2023a` toolchain + use standalone `Flax` + `absl-py` as dependencies (#21038)
+  - use stand-alone absl-py as dependency for jax w/ `gfbf/2023a` (#21039)
+  - remove Cython dependency from Python-bundle-PyPI 2024.06 + standalone easyconfig for Cython 3.0.10 (#21233)
+  - add Cython builddep for SciPy-bundle (#21235)
+  - use top-level parameters for `use_pip` & co instead of `exts_default_options` for `PythonBundle` easyconfigs (#21292)
+
+
 v4.9.2 (12 June 2024)
 ---------------------
 

setup.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 # recent setuptools versions will *TRANSFORM* something like 'X.Y.Zdev' into 'X.Y.Z.dev0', with a warning like
 #   UserWarning: Normalizing '2.4.0dev' to '2.4.0.dev0'
 # This causes problems further up the dependency chain...
-VERSION = '4.9.3.dev0'
+VERSION = '4.9.3'
 
 MAJ_VER = VERSION.split('.')[0]
 MAJMIN_VER = '.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[0:2])