Update versions for next release and removed release date information.

Including release dates in git files complicates the release process and is not
particularly useful.

Author: julian-smith-artifex-com

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -46,14 +46,9 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: PyMuPDF version
       options:
+        - 1.26.1
         - 1.26.0
-        - 1.25.5
-        - 1.25.4
-        - 1.25.3
-        - 1.25.2
-        - 1.25.1
-        - 1.25.0
-        - 1.24.x or earlier
+        - 1.25.x or earlier
         - Built from source
       description: |
         * For example from `pymupdf.VersionBind`.

changes.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Change Log
 ==========
 
 
-**Changes in version 1.26.1 ()**
+**Changes in version 1.26.1**
 
 * Use MuPDF-1.26.2.
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Change Log
   * New method `Document.rewrite_images()`, useful for reducing file size, changing image formats, or converting color spaces.
   * `Page.get_text()`: restrict positional args to match docs.
   * Removed bogus definition of class `Shape`.
+  * Removed release date from module, docs and changelog.
+    * `pymupdf.pymupdf_date` and `pymupdf.VersionDate` are now both None.
+    * They will be removed in a future release.
 
 
 **Changes in version 1.26.0 (2025-05-22)**

docs/vars.rst

@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ Constants
 
 .. py:data:: pymupdf_date
 
-    ISO timestamp *YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS* when these bindings were built.
-
-    :type: string
-
+    Disabled (set to None) in 1.26.1.
+    
 .. py:data:: version
 
     (pymupdf_version, mupdf_version, timestamp) -- combined version information where `timestamp` is the generation point in time formatted as "YYYYMMDDhhmmss".
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ Constants
 
 .. py:data:: VersionDate
 
-    Legacy equivalent to `mupdf_version`.
+    Disabled (set to None) in 1.26.1.
 
 
 .. _PermissionCodes:

docs/version.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ----
 
-This documentation covers **PyMuPDF v1.26.0** features as of **2025-05-22 00:00:01**.
+This documentation covers **PyMuPDF v1.26.1**.
 
 The major and minor versions of |PyMuPDF| and |MuPDF| will always be the same. Only the third qualifier (patch level) may deviate from that of |MuPDF|.
 

src/__init__.py

@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ def _int_rc(text):
 
 # Basic version information.
 #
-pymupdf_version = "1.26.0"
+pymupdf_version = "1.26.1"
 mupdf_version = mupdf.FZ_VERSION
-pymupdf_date = "2025-05-22 00:00:01"
+pymupdf_date = None
 
 # Versions as tuples; useful when comparing versions.
 #
@@ -389,11 +389,10 @@ def _int_rc(text):
 
 # Legacy version information.
 #
-pymupdf_date2 = pymupdf_date.replace('-', '').replace(' ', '').replace(':', '')
-version = (pymupdf_version, mupdf_version, pymupdf_date2)
+version = (pymupdf_version, mupdf_version, None)
 VersionFitz = mupdf_version
 VersionBind = pymupdf_version
-VersionDate = pymupdf_date
+VersionDate = None
 
 
 # String formatting.