Merge pull request #25385 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-25384-on-6.x

Backport PR #25384 on branch 6.x (PR: Update Changelog, Announcements and metadata files for 6.1.1)

Author: dalthviz

Announcements.md

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 # Minor release to list
 
-**Subject**: [ANN] Spyder 6.1.0 is released!
+**Subject**: [ANN] Spyder 6.1.1 is released!
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 On behalf of the [Spyder Project Contributors](https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/graphs/contributors),
-I'm pleased to announce that Spyder **6.1.0** has been released and is available for
+I'm pleased to announce that Spyder **6.1.1** has been released and is available for
 Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS X: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/releases
 
-This release comes more than one year after version 6.0.0 and it comes with the following interesting new features, fixes and API changes:
+This release comes two months after version 6.1.0 and it comes with the following interesting new features, fixes and API changes:
 
 - New features
-    * Add support to work with multiple cursors in the Editor. Options to configure them are available in `Preferences > Editor > Advanced settings`.
-    * Rearchitect Profiler to run through the IPython console and add `%profilefile`, `%profilecell` and `%profile` magics for that.
-    * Add a graphical interface to the update process of our standalone installers and base them in Python 3.12.
-    * Add support to use Ruff and Flake8 for linting in the Editor.
-    * Plot histograms from the dataframe viewer.
-    * Add support for Polars dataframes, frozen sets, Numpy string arrays and `pathlib.Path` objects to the Variable Explorer.
-    * Show the remote file system in the Files pane when a remote console has focus.
-    * Add support to connect to JupyterHub servers.
-    * Add support to use Pixi environments in the IPython console.
-    * Paths can be added to the front of `sys.path` in the Pythonpath manager.
-    * Copy/cut the current line if nothing is selected in the Editor with `Ctrl+C`/`Ctrl+X`, respectively.
-    * Add option to show/hide the Editor's file name toolbar to `Preferences > Editor > Interface`.
-    * Select full floating point numbers by double-clicking them on the Editor and the IPython console.
+    * Allow to set a custom Conda executable in `Preferences > Main interpreter`.
+    * Add action to context menu of Editor tabs to close all files to the left.
+    * Support viewing long bytes in the Variable Explorer.
+    * Allow to create a project if the selected directory after opening a project is not yet one.
 
 - Important fixes
-    * Much better support for PyQt6 and PySide6. PyQt 6.9.0+ and PySide >=6.8.0,<6.9.0 are required now.
-    * Make shortcuts to move to different panes work when they are undocked.
-    * Remove blank lines around cells when copying their contents to the console.
-    * Automatically kill kernels when Spyder crashes.
-    * Disable magics and commands to call Python package managers in the IPython console because they don't work reliably there.
-    * Add support for IPython 9.
-    * Drop support for Python 3.8
-
-- UX/UI improvements
-    * Reorganize most menus to make them easier to navigate.
-    * Allow to zoom in/out with Ctrl + mouse wheel in the IPython console.
-    * Add `Shift+Alt+Right/Left` shortcuts to move to the next/previous console.
-    * Add shortcut `Ctrl+W` to close Variable Explorer viewers.
-    * Add option to hide all messages displayed in panes that are empty to `Preferences > Application > Interface`.
-    * Fix plots looking blurred when scaling is enabled in high DPI screens.
+    * Several fixes related to remote development features.
+    * Several fixes related to Qt6 bindings (PySide6/PyQt6).
+    * Several fixes related to the Debugger.
+    * Fix Pixi environments activation on Posix systems.
+    * Performance and usability fixes related to multicursor support and linting markers.
+    * Prevent Flake8 cmd windows from appearing when it is selected as linting provider.
+    * Make user environment variables take precedence over system ones for kernels.
 
 - API changes
-    - Editor
-        * **Breaking** - The `NewFile`, `OpenFile`, `OpenLastClosed`, `MaxRecentFiles`, `ClearRecentFiles`, `SaveFile`, `SaveAll`, `SaveAs`, `SaveCopyAs`, `RevertFile`, `CloseFile`, `CloseAll`, `Undo`, `Redo`, `Cut`, `Copy`, `Paste`, `SelectAll`, `FindText`, `FindNext`, `FindPrevious` and `ReplaceText` actions were moved to the `ApplicationActions` class in the `Application` plugin.
-        * **Breaking** - The shortcuts "new file", "open file", "open last closed", "save file", "save all", "save as", "close file 1", "close file 2" and "close all" were moved to the "main" section.
-        * Add "undo", "redo", "cut", "copy", "paste" and "select all" shortcuts to the "main" section.
-        * Add `open_last_closed`, `current_file_is_temporary`, `save_all`, `save_as`, `save_copy_as`, `revert_file`, `undo`, `redo`, `cut`, `copy`, `paste`, `select_all`, `find`, `find_next`, `find_previous` and `replace` methods.
-    - IPython console
-        * **Breaking** - The `sig_current_directory_changed` signal now emits two strings instead of a single one.
-        * **Breaking** - Remove `set_working_directory` method. You can use `set_current_client_working_directory` instead, which does the same.
-        * **Breaking** - The `save_working_directory` method was made private because it's only used internally.
-        * Add `sender_plugin` kwarg to the `set_current_client_working_directory` method.
-        * Add `server_id` kwarg to the `set_current_client_working_directory` method.
-        * Add `Switch` entry to `IPythonConsoleWidgetMenus`.
-        * Add `NextConsole` and `PreviousConsole` to `IPythonConsoleWidgetActions`.
-        * Add `undo`, `redo`, `cut`, `copy`, `paste`, `select_all`, `find`, `find_next` and `find_previous` methods.
-    - Working Directory
-        * **Breaking** - The `sig_current_directory_changed` signal now emits three strings instead of a single one.
-        * **Breaking** - The `sender_plugin` kwarg of the `chdir` method now expects a string instead of a `SpyderPluginV2` object.
-        * Add `server_id` kwarg to the `chdir` method.
-    - Remote Client
-        * **Breaking** - The `create_ipyclient_for_server` and `get_kernels` methods were removed.
-        * Add `sig_server_changed` signal to report when a server was added or removed.
-        * Add `sig_create_env_requested` and `sig_import_env_requested` to request creating or importing a remote environment (they work if the Spyder-env-manager plugin is installed).
-        * Add `get_server_name` method to get a server name given its id.
-        * Add `register_api` and `get_api` methods in order to get and register new rest API modules for the remote client.
-        * Add `get_jupyter_api` method to get the Jupyter API to interact with a remote Jupyter server.
-        * Add `get_file_api` method to get the rest API module to manage remote file systems.
-        * Add `get_environ_api` method to get the rest API module to work with environment variables in the remote machine.
-        * Add `set_default_kernel_spec` in order to set the kernel spec used to open default consoles.
-    - Pythonpath manager
-        * **Breaking** - The `sig_pythonpath_changed` signal now emits a list of strings and a bool, instead of two dictionaries.
-    - Application plugin
-        * Add `create_new_file`, `open_file_using_dialog`, `open_file_in_plugin`, `open_last_closed_file`, `add_recent_file`, `save_file`, `save_file_as`, `save_copy_as`, `revert_file`, `close_file`, `close_all` and `enable_file_action` methods to perform file operations in the appropriate plugin.
-        * Add `undo`, `redo`, `cut`, `copy`, `paste`, `select_all` and `enable_edit_action` methods to perform edit operations in the appropriate plugin.
-        * Add `find`, `find_next`, `find_previous`, `replace` and `enable_search_action` methods to perform search operations in the appropriate plugin.
-        * Add `focused_plugin` attribute.
-    - File Explorer
-        * **Breaking** - `ExplorerTreeWidgetActions` renamed to `ExplorerWidgetActions`.
-        * **Breaking** - The `sig_dir_opened` signal now emits two strings instead of a single one.
-        * Add `server_id` kwarg to the `chdir` method.
-    - Profiler
-        * **Breaking** - Remove `sig_started` and `sig_finished` signals, and `run_profiler`, `stop_profiler` and `run_file` methods.
-        * **Breaking** - Remove `ProfilerWidgetToolbars` and `ProfilerWidgetInformationToolbarSections` enums
-        * Add `ProfilerWidgetMenus`, `ProfilerContextMenuSections` and `ProfilerWidgetContextMenuActions` enums.
-        * Add `profile_file`, `profile_cell` and `profile_selection` methods.
-    - Main menu
-        * **Breaking** - From `SourceMenuSections`, move the `Formatting` section to `EditMenuSections` and `Cursor` to `SearchMenuSections`, remove the `CodeAnalysis` section and add the `Autofix` section.
-        * **Breaking** - Replace the `Tools`, `External` and `Extras` sections in `ToolsMenuSections` with `Managers` and `Preferences`.
-        * **Future Breaking** - Rename the `View` menu to `Window` in `ApplicationMenus` and `ViewMenuSections` to `WindowMenuSections`; aliases are retained for backward compatibility but may be removed in Spyder 7+.
-        * Add `Profile` constant to `RunMenuSections`.
-    - Toolbar
-        * Add `Profile` constant to `ApplicationToolbars`.
-    - SpyderPluginV2
-        * Add `CAN_HANDLE_FILE_ACTIONS` and `FILE_EXTENSIONS` attributes and `create_new_file`, `open_file`, `get_current_filename`, `current_file_is_temporary`, `open_last_closed_file`, `save_file`, `save_all`, `save_file_as`, `save_copy_as`, `revert_file`, `close_file` and `close all` methods to allow other plugins to hook into file actions.
-        * Add `CAN_HANDLE_EDIT_ACTIONS` attribute and `undo`, `redo`, `cut`, `copy`, `paste` and `select_all` methods to allow other plugins to hook into edit actions.
-        * Add `CAN_HANDLE_SEARCH_ACTIONS` attribute and `find`, `find_next`, `find_previous` and `replace`  methods to allow other plugins to hook into search actions.
-        * Add `sig_focused_plugin_changed` signal to signal that the plugin with focus has changed.
-    - PluginMainWidget
-        * Add `SHOW_MESSAGE_WHEN_EMPTY`, `MESSAGE_WHEN_EMPTY`, `IMAGE_WHEN_EMPTY`, `DESCRIPTION_WHEN_EMPTY` and `SET_LAYOUT_WHEN_EMPTY` class attributes, and `set_content_widget`, `show_content_widget` and `show_empty_message` methods to display a message when it's empty (like the one shown in the Variable Explorer).
-    - Shellconnect
-        * **Breaking** - Rename `is_current_widget_empty` to `is_current_widget_error_message` in `ShellConnectMainWidget`.
-        * Add `switch_empty_message` to `ShellConnectMainWidget` to switch between the empty message widget and the one with content.
-        * Add `ShellConnectWidgetForStackMixin` class for widgets that will be added to the stacked widget part of `ShellConnectMainWidget`.
-    - AsyncDispatcher
-        * **Breaking** - Remove `dispatch` method to use it directly as decorator.
-        * Add class `DispatcherFuture` to `spyder.api.asyncdispatcher` and `QtSlot` method to `AsyncDispatcher` so that connected methods can be run inside the main Qt event loop.
-        * Add `early_return` and `return_awaitable` kwargs its constructor.
-    - General API
-        * **Breaking** - Remove `old_conf_version` method from `SpyderConfigurationAccessor`.
-        * Add `OptionalPlugins` enum for plugins that Spyder can rely on to provide additional functionality.
+    * Remove old API for plugins, which was deprecated since Spyder 6.0
 
 For a more complete list of changes, please see our
 [changelog](https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/blob/master/changelogs/Spyder-6.md)