minor tweaks to release notes for EasyBuild v4.7.0

Author: boegel

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -9,47 +9,40 @@ v4.7.0 (January 9th 2023)
 
 feature release
 
-- deprecate support for running EasyBuild with Python 2 (#4136)
-- add gfbf as subtoolchain of foss (#4143)
-- add definition for nvofbf toolchain (#4157)
+- print deprecation warning with running EasyBuild with Python 2 (#4136)
 - various enhancements, including:
-  - add easybuild.tools.LooseVersion (since distutils is deprecated in Python 3.10) (#3794)
-  - also run unit tests with Python 3.11 (#4092)
-  - add support for using --output-format=md (MarkDown) (#4117)
+  - add support for checksums specified in external `checksums.json` file (#3749)
+  - vendor distutils.version.LooseVersion as easybuild.tools.LooseVersion (since distutils is deprecated in Python 3.10) (#3794, #4156)
+  - take into account custom configuration options specified in easystack file (#4057)
+  - add support for using --output-format=md (MarkDown) (#4117, #4155)
   - add support for --filter-rpath-sanity-libs to skip RPATH sanity check for designated libraries (#4119)
   - add sanity_check_load_module method to EasyBlock to provide control over when module is loaded during sanity check step (#4125)
   - add eb_bash_completion_local.bash script to setup.py (#4127)
   - check whether nvidia-smi/rocm-smi command is available before trying to run it in `get_gpu_info` (#4131)
-  - automatically cancel Github Action workflow runs for outdated commits (#4132)
-  - add Python 3.11 to classifiers in setup.py (#4141)
+  - add gfbf as subtoolchain of foss (#4143)
   - add support for postinstallmsgs (#4145)
   - make iimkl toolchain aware of intel-compilers (#4146)
+  - add definition for nvofbf toolchain (#4157, #4163)
 - various bug fixes, including:
-  - add support for checksums specified in external `checksums.json` file (#3749)
   - also use EasyConfig instances cache in process_easyconfig when build_specs is empty dict (#4107)
   - fix build options that should have empty list as default value (#4108)
   - catch easyconfig parsing failure so we can generate and post a test report (#4109)
   - add explicit return when no checksums match those specified in a tuple (#4112)
-  - tweak findPythonDeps.py to use canonical package names (#4118)
-  - add `fdefault-double-8` to `r8` toolchain compiler option for GCC (to be consistent with Intel) (#4121)
-  - correct uses of :param name: and :return: in docstrings (#4129)
-  - docstrings - fixes to formatting or variables names (#4130)
+  - tweak findPythonDeps.py script to use canonical package names (#4118)
+  - add `-fdefault-double-8` to `r8` toolchain compiler option for GCC (to be consistent with Intel) (#4121)
   - always start with empty list for banned/requires libraries to avoid that corresponding build option is updated in-place (#4137)
   - fix container tests by using EPEL archive URL for downloading Singularity RPM (#4138)
   - use -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic instead of -xSSE2 when using Intel oneAPI compilers (#4147)
   - partially skip test_det_copy_ec_specs if no GitHub token is available (#4149)
-  - fix MarkDown formatting in autogenerated documentation (#4155)
-  - add encoding comment in nvofbf.py to fix SyntaxError when using Python 2 (#4163)
 - other changes:
-  - take into account custom configuration options specified in easystack file + drop support for easystack files using 'software' top-level key (#4057)
+  - drop support for easystack files using 'software' top-level key (#4057)
+  - also run unit tests with Python 3.11 + add Python 3.11 to classifiers in setup.py (#4092, #4141)
   - use new EasyBuild logo in README (#4123)
+  - automatically cancel Github Action workflow runs for outdated commits (#4132)
   - auto-enable use of oneAPI C/C++ compilers for intel-compilers >= 2022.2.0 (#4135)
   - trim CI test configurations to avoid hitting GitHub rate limits (#4148)
-  - fix spelling in help for easyconfig constants + easyconfig parameters (#4154)
-  - make vstring/version variables in LooseVersion read-only (#4156)
-  - convert author lines for mkdocs (#4160)
+  - various tweaks to docstrings and help messages to fix problems with auto-generated documentation in MarkDown format (#4129, #4130, #4154, #4160, #4162, #4168)
   - update copyright lines for 2023 (#4161)
-  - fix several linter issues for auto-generated MarkDown (#4162)
 
 
 v4.6.2 (October 21st 2022)