2.1.4.dev2 - dev release for testing

This is a development pre-release for testing.

Please let us know of any issues on the issue tracker

What's Changed

• SSE2 blitter Optimisations by @PurityLake in upstream #3370
• Tweaking version getters for sdl modules and freetype by @oddbookworm in upstream #3379
• Warn when SIMD is usable but not compiled by @ankith26 in upstream #3501
• Changed minor name mismatch in PixelArray docs by @Matiiss in upstream #3544
• Document SDL_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS by @zoldalma999 in upstream #3546
• Move pg_tuple_from_values_int() into header, rename & add triple variant by @MyreMylar in upstream #3530
• mouse.get_pos(), mouse.get_rel() optimizations by @itzpr3d4t0r in upstream #3424
• Minor typo in the "pygame.Color" docs by @pgattic in upstream #3554
• Remove Python < 3.2 compatibility shim by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3553
• Docs: fix links by @Linkid in upstream #3549
• Fix typo in music.rst by @winterhazel in upstream #3562
• Delete test_test_.py by @Koswu in upstream #3563
• Add info on viewing docs locally by @andrewhong04 in upstream #3558
• Modify key compat table to store key-name pairs (fixes a rare bug) by @ankith26 in upstream #3426
• Adjust surface masks to create a proper 24 bit Surface by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3577
• Add vector zero constructor clarification by @andrewhong04 in upstream #3574
• Minor pygame.math doc enhancements by @Matiiss in upstream #3581
• Improved .colliderect() method performance by @itzpr3d4t0r in upstream #3322
• Add VScode? _headers/ folder to gitignore by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3587
• Remove LGTM badges by @andrewhong04 in upstream #3599
• Fix list_cameras being empty on linux by @ankith26 in upstream #3594
• Fix some more math memory leaks by @ankith26 in upstream #3590
• Use Python 3.11.0 rather than 3.11rc2 by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3611
• Add quickstart section to docs front page by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3541
• Add .premul_alpha() method to surface by @MyreMylar in upstream #3276
• Add "window" attribute to DROPFILE and DROPTEXT event by @yunline in upstream #3568
• Added __round__() method for vectors by @Matiiss in upstream #3559
• Segfault fix in freetype.get_version() by @oddbookworm in upstream #3567
• Convert surface to texture's pixel format in Texture.update() by @zoldalma999 in upstream #3548
• Performance improvement for draw.circle() by @MightyJosip in upstream #3550
• Fix build errors on win_arm64 by @cgohlke in upstream #3583
• Consolidate SSE2 and NEON code paths by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3588
• Correct set_(shifts/masks) docs and cleanup code by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3620
• Capitalise 'Pygame' in readme by @CodeMaster7000 in upstream #3625
• Deprecate gamma and _sdl2 window brightness functionality by @SSS-Says-Snek in upstream #3622
• Change all (to|from)string to (to|from)bytes in image.c by @Matiiss in upstream #3633
• Update docs generation to sphinx 6.0 by @MyreMylar in upstream #3647
• Raise minimum SDL version to 2.0.8 by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3618
• Replace music.set_pos() current error message with SDL_GetError() by @Matiiss in upstream #3641
• Update README with a table for the dependency versions by @SmashedFrenzy16 in upstream #3638
• Fixed segfault (in PixelArray) by @oddbookworm in upstream #3666
• Fix event .button attribute for fast mousewheel by @ankith26 in upstream #3642
• Change casting to list to using copy in pygame.sprite by @Matiiss in upstream #3655
• Removing redudancy in regex by @TheVroum in upstream #3595
• Remove bit of MIR code by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3617
• Fix scrap module typing (use only bytes and not AnyStr) by @ankith26 in upstream #3395
• pygame wasm test CI optimization by @pmp-p in upstream #3593
• Syntax highlighting fix by @andrewhong04 in upstream #3684
• Port SDL_ttf text shaping capability by @Starbuck5 in upstream #3330
• Update linter ubuntu version by @MyreMylar in upstream #3698
• Linter/formatter run (black version update) by @andrewhong04 in upstream #3695
• Correct update statement by @chimosky in upstream #3694
• Initial retargeting for fork by @Starbuck5 in #6
• Fix a typestub inconsistency causing the 22.04 ubuntu workflow to fail by @oddbookworm in #1
• More retargeting by @Starbuck5 in #7
• Fix project logo URL in README.rst by @Mega-JC in #9
• Revert "Fix project logo URL in README.rst" by @Mega-JC in #11
• more retargeting to the fork by @oddbookworm in #13
• Reword fork project description in README by @Mega-JC in #10
• Add a windows CI build by @MyreMylar in #790
• Try adding a -ce to fix Debian CI by @MyreMylar in #1838
• fix math.c formatting by @MyreMylar in #1849
• Add concurrecy check to CI runs. by @MyreMylar in #1852
• Add an initial CODEOWNERS file to the pygame-ce project by @MyreMylar in #14
• Use prebuilt bundle hosted by us by @Starbuck5 in #1858
• Spelling and grammar fixes suggested by PyCharm code inspection by @MyreMylar in #15
• Fixed reversed Window.borderless by @yunline in #1869
• Documentation retarget by @andrewhong04 in #1865
• wasm ci : bump sdk version, and python 3.11.2 by @pmp-p in #1861
• Add aliases for most common objects by @PurityLake in #1854
• updated "commits since badge" to reflect commits since 2.1.3 by @oddbookworm in #1871
• updated badges by @oddbookworm in #1880
• Reestablish uniformity across sentence terminations through the addition of a full stop character by @IlmastroStefanuzzo in #1879
• collidepoint() performance improvements by @itzpr3d4t0r in #1832
• Fix mypy failing in Python <= 3.7 due to positional-only argument syntax by @Matiiss in #1885
• Bump version of actions/checkout by @MyreMylar in #1882
• Add 'stubcheck' into setup.py by @yunline in #1866
• Use SDL_GetTicks64 instead of SDL_GetTicks by @avaxar in #1873
• Add brew install pkg-config to mac builds by @ankith26 in #1888
• Debug method by @oddbookworm in #2
• Removed appveyor badge from the Readme file by @Ritikkhulbe in #1893
• Fix cppcheck crash. by @yunline in #1891
• Fix gen_stubs.py and regenerate __init__.pyi by @yunline in #1901
• Delete old unused scrap module code by @MyreMylar in #1904
• Added pygame.mixer.music.get_metadata() by @Matiiss in #8
• Remove draw_py module by @yunline in #1895
• Bump cibw, more pypy builds on windows by @ankith26 in #1867
• Implement pitch argument for pygame.image.frombuffer, pygame.image.fromstring, and pygame.image.frombytes by @avaxar in #1863
• Add IS_CE to constants by @yunline in #1900
• Add Surface.fblits() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #1831
• Remove www from pyga.me because not supported(?) by @Matiiss in #1921
• There are still more references to pygame.org by @gresm in #1914
• Re-order display fullscreen handling and ensure toggle_fullscreen works for maximized window (by Temmie) by @oddbookworm in #4
• Remove experimental tags for certain functions by @PurityLake in #1920
• Docs CSS enhancement by @yunline in #1916
• Rect collidelist()/collidelistall() speedup by @itzpr3d4t0r in #1905
• Rewrite stars.py by @pycoinfu in #1909
• Addresses some concerns from #1924 by @andrewhong04 in #1925
• Drop CPython 3.6 support by @yunline in #1896
• Remove legacy PG_FASTCALL marcos by @yunline in #1936
• Make manylinux (i686 and x86_64) base images on CI by @ankith26 in #1899
• Fix mac freetype dylib circular import issue, make sure CI generated wheels are self-contained by @ankith26 in #1922
• Implement draw_triangle and draw_quad in pygame._sdl2 by @avaxar in #1876
• Add GH actions infra to automate releases by @ankith26 in #1946
• pgScancodeWrapper now raises exception when trying to use __iter__ by @PurityLake in #1855

New Contributors

• @pgattic made their first contribution upstream in #3554
• @winterhazel made their first contribution upstream in #3562
• @Koswu made their first contribution upstream in #3563
• @yunline made their first contribution upstream in #3568
• @CodeMaster7000 made their first contribution upstream in #3625
• @SmashedFrenzy16 made their first contribution upstream in #3638
• @TheVroum made their first contribution upstream in #3595
• @chimosky made their first contribution upstream in #3694
• @IlmastroStefanuzzo made their first contribution in #1879
• @Ritikkhulbe made their first contribution in #1893

Full Changelog: 2.1.3...2.1.4.dev2