Getting ready for release 3.5.1

Author: FrancescAlted

ANNOUNCE.rst

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-Announcing Python-Blosc2 3.5.0
+Announcing Python-Blosc2 3.5.1
 ==============================
 
-This release adds significant new functionality in the form of ``stack()``.
-It allows you to stack multiple Blosc2 NDarrays along a new axis, similar
-to NumPy's ``np.stack()``. This is particularly useful for creating
-higher-dimensional arrays from lower-dimensional ones.
+This release:
+✅ Dramatically reduced memory usage when computing slices of lazy expressions
+   (up to 20x less memory)
+✅ Added fast path for small slices that fit in memory (up to 20x faster)
+✅ Renamed blosc2.concatenate() to blosc2.concat() (following Array API standard)
+✅ Improved mode handling for concatenating arrays stored on disk
 
-We have blogged about this new feature:
-https://www.blosc.org/posts/blosc2-new-concatenate/#stacking-arrays
 
 You can think of Python-Blosc2 3.x as an extension of NumPy/numexpr that:
 

RELEASE_NOTES.md

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 ## Changes from 3.5.0 to 3.5.1
 
-XXX version-specific blurb XXX
+* Reduced memory usage when computing slices of lazy expressions.
+  This is a significant improvement for large arrays (up to 20x less).
+  Also, we have added a fast path for slices that are small and fit in
+  memory, which can be up to 20x faster than the previous implementation.
+  See PR #430.
+
+* `blosc2.concatenate()` has been renamed to `blosc2.concat()`.
+  This is in line with the [Array API](https://data-apis.org/array-api).
+  The old name is still available for backward compatibility, but it will
+  be removed in a future release.
+
+* Improve mode handling for concatenating to disk. See PR #428.
+  Useful for concatenating arrays that are stored in disk, and allows
+  specifying the mode to use when concatenating.
 
 ## Changes from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "py-cpuinfo; platform_machine != 'wasm32'",
     "requests",
 ]
-version = "3.5.1.dev0"
+version = "3.5.1"
 
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

src/blosc2/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.5.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.5.1"