DOC: Update for release 7.0

Author: bashtage

arch/tests/covariance/test_covariance.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_bartlett_auto(data: ArrayLike):
     assert int(nw.bandwidth) == expected_bw
     expected = 1.0 - np.arange(nw.bandwidth + 1) / (nw.bandwidth + 1)
     assert_allclose(nw.kernel_weights, expected)
-    resid = data - np.asarray(data.mean(0))
+    resid = data - np.asarray(data.mean(axis=0))
     resid = np.asarray(resid)
     nobs = resid.shape[0]
     expected_cov = resid.T @ resid / nobs

ci/azure/install-posix.sh

@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ eval $CMD
 if [ "${PIP_PRE}" = true ]; then
   python -m pip install matplotlib cython --upgrade
   python -m pip uninstall -y numpy pandas scipy matplotlib statsmodels
-  python -m pip install -i https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy pandas scipy matplotlib --upgrade --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver
-  python -m pip install git+https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels.git --upgrade --no-build-isolation -v
+  python -m pip install -i https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy pandas scipy matplotlib statsmodels --upgrade --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver
 fi

doc/source/changes.rst

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ Past Releases
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   changes/7.0
+   changes/6.0
    changes/5.0
    changes/4.0
    changes/3.0
    changes/2.0
    changes/1.0
-

doc/source/changes/7.0.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+=========
+Version 7
+=========
+
+Release 7.0
+===========
+- Full compatability with NumPy 2
+- Improved compatability with future changes in pandas 3.
+- Increases in related minimum requirements.
+
+.. note::
+
+   In order to use NumPy 2, the environment must consist of packages
+   that have been built against NumPy 2.0.0rc1 or later.