1.1.0

📦 Release v1.1.0

This release introduces ecosystem updates, including Pandas 3.0 and PyHelpers 2.4 compatibility, and improves the robustness of data parsing across core modules.

Summary of changes since 1.0.4:

🐛 Bug fixes

• Replaced checks with pd.isna() in ELR parsing to prevent TypeError on null nodes, and refined character count heuristics (#78, #81).
• Implemented URL normalisation and request timeouts to prevent hangs during last-updated-date retrieval (#77, #80).
• Corrected broken case-sensitive hyperlinks in README.md and fixed PDF chapter numbering.

⚙️ Maintenance & refactoring

• Updated type selection to include 'string' extension types and removed deprecated silent downcasting contexts (#79, #82).
• Migrated to importlib.resources for metadata management and adopted resolve_dir() for path handling (#83).
• Optimised _stanox_note() to correctly isolate pseudo STANOX markers and handle malformed parentheses.

🧪 Test enhancements

• Migrated test suite mocking from unittest.mock to pytest-mocker.
• Added parameterised testing for location identifiers and increased coverage for edge-case STANOX parsing.

🛠️ CI/CD

• Updated requirements.txt to ensure pytest-mock is available in GitHub Actions.

1.0.4

📦 Release v1.0.4

This release focuses on stabilising the codebase through expanded test coverage, logic refinements, and fixes for breaking changes in upstream data scraping.

Summary of changes since 1.0.3:

🐛 Bug fixes

• Web scraper fix: Resolved a TypeError in Depots.fetch_codes() by updating header mappings to match current upstream structures (#67).
• Parsing logic: Fixed a minor bug in Tunnels._parse_length and improved connection error reporting.
• Infrastructure: Standardised error-raising logic and refined file path generation in the base class.

🧪 Test enhancements

• Coverage expansion: Increased unit test coverage for core modules, including Stations, Tunnels, Viaducts, ELRMileages, Features, and SigBoxes.
• Robustness: Refactored TestLOR and prefix validation to use dynamic type checking instead of hardcoded values (#66).

⚙️ Maintenance

• API cleanup: Converted defaultdict outputs to standard dict for cleaner API returns.
• Refactoring: Improved data update workflows for OtherAssets and ELRMileages.
• Documentation: Updated project metadata, Sphinx configuration, and quick-start.rst.
• Dependencies: Updated requirements.txt for both core and documentation environments.

1.0.3

📦 Release v1.0.3

This release introduces several bug fixes and completes the Python 3.12 compatibility update.

Summary of changes since 1.0.2:

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed KeyError: 'Station' in Stations.collect_locations() (#52).
• Fixed ConnectionError handling in get_introduction() (#54).
• Resolved TypeError in both GWR data processing (#56) and viaduct data parsing (#58).
• Restored complete data collection in get_site_map() (#61).

⚙️ Maintenance

• Updated requirements.txt.
• Bumped minimum Python version: The required minimum Python version for the package is now 3.12.

1.0.2

📦 Release v1.0.2

This release includes bug fixes, error-handling improvements, and packaging & documentation updates in preparation for future development.

Summary of changes since 1.0.1:

🐛 Bug fixes:

• Fixed note aggregation logic in LocationIdentifiers.collect_notes() to handle behaviour more accurately (#45).
• Handled IndexError in get_introduction() for malformed or invalid URLs (#47).

🔧 Packaging & documentation (#48):

• Removed setup.cfg, and updated pyproject.toml and MANIFEST.in.
• Improved Sphinx documentation template.

1.0.1

Notable changes since 1.0.0:

• Enhanced existing tests to improve coverage and reliability.
• Fixed minor bugs.
• Updated project requirements.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out the PyRCS 1.0.1 documentation.

1.0.0

Notable changes since 0.3.7:

• Major Release: Version 1.0.0 introduces significant improvements to both code and documentation.
  • Code enhancements: Optimised performance and refactored core modules for better readability and maintainability.
  • Bug fixes: Resolved various issues identified through practical use.
• License Update: This release is now licensed under the MIT License, providing greater flexibility and usability.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out the PyRCS 1.0.0 documentation.

0.3.7

Notable changes since 0.3.6:

• Enhanced the functions get_site_map() and parse_tr() in the parser module.
• Fixed potential bugs and made improvements to various classes.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.7 documentation.

0.3.6

Notable changes since 0.3.5:

• Improved the following functions and classes with bug fixes:
  • parse_tr() in the module parser;
  • format_err_msg() in the module utils;
  • Stations in the module other_assets.station;
  • LocationIdentifiers in the module line_data.loc_id.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.6 documentation.

0.3.5

Notable changes since 0.3.4:

• Improved the following function and methods with bug fixes:
  • kilometer_to_yard() in the module utils;
  • LocationIdentifiers.collect_codes_by_initial();
  • ELRMileages.collect_mileage_file().

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.5 documentation.

0.3.4

Notable changes since 0.3.3:

• Improved the modules collector and _updater with a bug fix.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.4 documentation.