Prepare for 0.7.0 (#335)

* Preparing for 0.7.0

* Fixing cpp module default(s)

* Drop one more holdover from 0.5

* Update release procedure

Author: henryiii

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ end
 
 - Finish merging open PRs that will go into VERSION
 - Add most recent changes to the Changelog
-    - Replace "in development" header with VERSION
-- (Next release only: remove banner in README)
 - Sync master with develop through a PR
 - Make sure the full wheel build runs on master without issues (will happen in
   previous step)

README.md

@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 
 Python bindings for [Boost::Histogram][] ([source][Boost::Histogram source]), a C++14 library. This should become one of the [fastest libraries][] for histogramming, while still providing the power of a full histogram object.
 
-> ## Version 0.6.2: Public beta
->
-> Please feel free to try out boost-histogram and give feedback.
-> Join the [discussion on gitter][gitter-link] or [open an issue](https://github.com/scikit-hep/boost-histogram/issues)!
-
-
 ## Installation
 
 You can install this library from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/boost-histogram/) with pip:

docs/conf.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
 
 try:
-    version = get_distribution(__name__).version
+    version = get_distribution("boost_histogram").version
 except DistributionNotFound:
     pass  # No version (latest/git hash)
 

include/bh_python/register_histogram.hpp

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ auto register_histogram(py::module& m, const char* name, const char* desc) {
                     throw std::out_of_range(
                         "The axis value must be less than the rank");
             },
-            "i"_a,
+            "i"_a = 0,
             py::keep_alive<0, 1>())
 
         .def("at",

src/boost_histogram/__init__.py

@@ -34,7 +34,3 @@
 from .tag import loc, rebin, sum, underflow, overflow
 
 from .version import version as __version__
-
-# Workarounds for smooth transitions from 0.5 series. Will be removed after 0.6.
-
-from .tag import project

src/boost_histogram/cpp/algorithm.py

@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
 slice.__module__ = "boost_histogram.cpp"
 
 
-def sum(histogram, flow=False):
-    """Sum a histogram, optionally with flow bins"""
+def sum(histogram, flow=True):
+    """\
+    Sum a histogram, optionally without flow bins. The default matches the C++
+    default of all bins included in the sum.
+    """
     return histogram._sum(flow)