2.5.0.dev4

This is a pre-release for 2.5.0.

Highlights

• New functions for surfaces: draw.aacircle() and transform.hsl. Surfaces also have new attributes Surface.width, Surface.height and Surface.size.
• New window positioning API for pygame.display. pygame.display.get/set_window_position()
• New math functions math.invlerp and math.remap
• OpenGL support for the experimental Window class
• See the highlights of 2.5.0.dev2 as well: https://github.com/pygame-community/pygame-ce/releases/tag/2.5.0.dev2

What's Changed

• 2.5.0.dev2 by @Starbuck5 in #2817
• Bump to 2.5.0.dev3 by @ankith26 in #2818
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3 by @dependabot in #2814
• Minor optimizations by using comprehensions by @cclauss in #2771
• Remove use of Py_BuildValue("(ii)") by @itzpr3d4t0r in #2819
• Cleanup codebase, docs and examples with American spelling by @Damus666 in #2827
• Unify freetype init codepaths by @Starbuck5 in #2801
• xwayland warning removed; documented; and debug info now contains whether x11 is running or xwayland by @oddbookworm in #2823
• Remove lint logic from setup.py by @cclauss in #2796
• Track version only in pyproject.toml by @ankith26 in #2820
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 by @dependabot in #2833
• Try sleeping in window autoresize test by @MyreMylar in #2832
• Use HasColorKey instead of GetColorKey in pgSurface_Blit by @Starbuck5 in #2835
• Updated SDL to 2.30.3 by @oddbookworm in #2837
• Simple SDL3 patches for freetype, surface, mouse by @Starbuck5 in #2838
• Format Python code with ruff format instead of black by @cclauss in #2824
• Bump gh actions mac runners (gets us native M1 builds) by @ankith26 in #2494
• Add explicit check and error for system cursor by @ankith26 in #2843
• Always call HasColorKey before GetColorKey by @Starbuck5 in #2844
• Remove cython gen files, generate in meson build by @ankith26 in #2831
• Optimized ( Rect/Frect ) unionall()/unionall_ip() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #2784
• PixelArray raise error assigning sequence to pixel by @ankith26 in #2742
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.4 to 4.1.5 by @dependabot in #2851
• fix typos by @RainRat in #2847
• Fix pylint undefined usage error in sysfont by @ankith26 in #2858
• Add pygame.mouse.get_just_pressed/released() by @Damus666 in #2836
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.5 to 4.1.6 by @dependabot in #2861
• Using blur on a surface with either width or height equal to 0 won't raise a ValueError by @Damus666 in #2852
• Simplified SIMD fill algorithms by @itzpr3d4t0r in #2793
• Bundle only the required pygame icon files by @ankith26 in #2854
• add instruction for ModuleNotFoundError: No Module named setuptools by @yohanmoon in #2868
• Deprecate setup.py stubcheck, suggest and use replacement buildconfig/stubs/stubcheck.py by @ankith26 in #2856
• Run display autoinit on window API, fixes by @ankith26 in #2860
• Force window surface update after set_size, hopefully proper fix for that pesky frequent pypy test fail by @ankith26 in #2865
• Surface properties by @ScriptLineStudios in #2813
• relax convert conditions by @robertpfeiffer in #2839
• Added shim to fix portmidi break by @oddbookworm in #2863
• Alter CODEOWNERS file to switch required PR review team by @MyreMylar in #2873
• Deprecate setup.py docs, make docs in meson build by @ankith26 in #2853
• Remove duplicate images in tutorials by @MyreMylar in #2871
• Add Circle contains() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #2791
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.17.0 to 2.18.1 by @dependabot in #2874
• Minor changes to support pytest by @ankith26 in #2675
• Window(opengl=True) will now create an OpenGL context by @oddbookworm in #2659
• Add pygame.display.get/set_window_position() by @Damus666 in #2816
• draw.aacircle() by @mzivic7 in #2800
• Update mixer docs by @lispspb in #2738
• Add a briefcase template to pygame-ce by @Starbuck5 in #2862
• including print_debug_info() in issue template by @MyreMylar in #2879
• Add warning about 7.1 stereo on set_source_location by @Starbuck5 in #2881
• fix some METH_NOARGS arg missing by @pmp-p in #2888
• Fix python -m docs dev time convenience command by @ankith26 in #2889
• Add transform.hsl() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #2398
• Adjust symbol color in light theme by @MyreMylar in #2891
• Deprecate setup.py sdist, suggest and use replacement pypa/build based command by @ankith26 in #2875
• Add missing check in SSE2 alpha blitter by @Starbuck5 in #2896
• Add a delta of 2 ms to test_music_pause__unpause() by @MyreMylar in #2898
• invlerp and remap implementation by @bilhox in #2654
• fixed indentation of surface attributes by @oddbookworm in #2900
• Minor docs/stubs improvements in invlerp/remap by @ankith26 in #2902

New Contributors

• @RainRat made their first contribution in #2847
• @yohanmoon made their first contribution in #2868
• @mzivic7 made their first contribution in #2800

Full Changelog: 2.5.0.dev2...2.5.0.dev4