Bug Fixes

• Fix comparison with subclasses #453: The check in _comparator does not match the check in Version.compare.
  This breaks comparision with subclasses.

Improved Documentation

• Use meta directive for SEO #435: Several small improvements for documentation:

  • Add meta description to improve SEO
  • Use canonicals on ReadTheDocs (commit 87f639f)
  • Pin versions for reproducable doc builds (commit 03fb990)
  • Add missing .readthedocs.yaml file (commit ec9348a)
  • Correct some smaller issues when building (commit f65feab)

• Move search box more at the top #436: Move search box more at the top. This makes it easier for users as if the TOC is long, the search box isn't visible anymore.

Features

• Improve type hints to fix TODOs #439: Improve type hints to fix TODOs

Internal Changes

• Modernize project configs with pyproject.toml #447: Modernize project configs with pyproject.toml

  • In pyproject.toml:

    • Move all project related data from setup.cfg to :file:pyproject.toml
    • Use new dependency group from PEP735
    • Consolidate flake8, isort, pycodestyle with ruff
    • Split towncrier config type "trivial" into "trivial" and "internal"

  • Create config file for ruff (.ruff.toml)

  • Create config file for pytest (.pytest.ini)

  • Simplify tox.ini and remove old stuff

  • Document installation with new uv command

  • Simplify Sphinx config with find_version()

  • Update the authors

  • Use uv in GitHub Action python-testing.yml workflow

Trivial Changes

• Should the '{organization}' placeholder be replaced with something in the license? #438: Replace organization placeholder in license

• Improve private _nat_cmp() method #445: Improve private _nat_cmp method:

  • Remove obsolete else.
  • Find a better way to identify digits without the re module.
  • Fix docstring in Version.compare