CHANGELOG.md

Changelog / Release notes

0.3.7

(16 September 2023)

Notable changes since 0.3.6:

• Enhanced the functions get_site_map() and parse_tr() in the parser module.
• Fixed potential bugs and made improvements to various classes.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.7 documentation.

0.3.6

(10 June 2023)

Notable changes since 0.3.5:

• Improved the following functions and classes with bug fixes:
  • parse_tr() in the module parser;
  • format_err_msg() in the module utils;
  • Stations in the module other_assets.station;
  • LocationIdentifiers in the module line_data.loc_id.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.6 documentation.

0.3.5

(26 February 2023)

Notable changes since 0.3.4:

• Improved the following function and methods with bug fixes:
  • kilometer_to_yard() in the module utils;
  • LocationIdentifiers.collect_codes_by_initial();
  • ELRMileages.collect_mileage_file().

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.5 documentation.

0.3.4

(9 January 2023)

Notable changes since 0.3.3:

• Improved the modules collector and _updater with a bug fix.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.4 documentation.

0.3.3

(15 November 2022)

Notable changes since 0.3.2:

• Fixed a major bug in the function parse_tr() in the module parser.
• Improved the following classes with bug fixes: LocationIdentifiers, LOR and Stations.
• Transform the function parse_location_name() into a class method LocationIdentifiers.parse_location_name().

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.3 documentation.

0.3.2

(18 August 2022)

Notable changes since 0.3.1:

• Fixed a few minor bugs.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.2 documentation.

0.3.1

(14 June 2022)

Notable changes since 0.3.0:

• Updated import statements due to a major change in the dependency package PyHelpers.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.1 documentation.

0.3.0

(16 May 2022)

Notable changes since 0.2.15:

• Split the module old utils into three new modules: utils, converter and parser.
• Made extensive modifications (with bug fixes).

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.3.0 documentation.

0.2.15

(27 March 2021)

Notable changes since 0.2.14:

• Changed the dependency requirements for the package.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.15 documentation.

0.2.14

(22 March 2021)

Notable changes since 0.2.13:

• Improved the following functions and class methods with bug fixes:
  • get_site_map() and get_catalogue() in the module utils;
  • LocationIdentifiers.collect_loc_codes_by_initial();
  • Stations.collect_station_data_by_initial().

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.14 documentation.

0.2.13

(9 January 2021)

Notable changes since 0.2.12:

• Improved the following functions and classes/methods with bug fixes:
  • parse_tr() and parse_date() in the module utils;
  • Electrification.get_indep_line_names(), ELRMileage.collect_mileage_file() and LOR.collect_elr_lor_converter() in the sub-package line_data;
  • Depots.collect_four_digit_pre_tops_codes, Tunnels.parse_length() and Stations in the sub-package other_assets.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.13 documentation.

0.2.12

(11 November 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.11:

• Enabled an offline mode (when Internet connection is lost).
• Renamed the following:
  • class methods:
    • in the class SignalBoxes:
      • .collect_signal_box_prefix_codes() to .collect_prefix_codes();
      • .fetch_signal_box_prefix_codes() to .fetch_prefix_codes();
    • in the class Tunnels:
      • .collect_tunnel_lengths_by_page() to .collect_lengths_by_page();
    • in the class Viaducts:
      • .collect_railway_viaducts_by_page() to .collect_viaduct_codes_by_page();
      • .fetch_railway_viaducts() to .fetch_viaduct_codes();
  • functions in the module utils:
    • fetch_location_names_repl_dict() to fetch_loc_names_repl_dict();
    • update_location_name_repl_dict() to update_loc_names_repl_dict().
• Removed the functions collect_site_map() and fetch_site_map() from the module updater.
• Added the following:
  • a new module collector - combining two modules _line_data and _other_assets;
  • new functions print_connection_error(), print_conn_err(), is_internet_connected() and get_site_map() to the module utils;
  • a new method TrackDiagrams.get_track_diagrams_items() - adapted from the function get_track_diagrams_items() previously in the module utils.
• Enabled direct access to all classes from importing the package, without having to specifying the sub-modules in which they each reside.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.12 documentation.

0.2.11

(31 October 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.10:

• Renamed the following methods of the class Stations:
  • .collect_railway_station_data_by_initial() to .collect_station_data_by_initial();
  • .fetch_railway_station_data() to .fetch_station_data().

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.11 documentation.

0.2.10

(25 October 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.9:

• Renamed the following sub-modules (with minor modifications):
  • crs_nlc_tiploc_stanox to loc_id;
  • electrification to elec;
  • track_diagrams to trk_diagr;
  • tunnels to tunnel.
• Renamed the following modules (without modifications):
  • elrs_mileages to elr_mileage;
  • line_names to line_name;
  • lor_codes to lor_code;
  • depots to depot;
  • features to feature;
  • signal_boxes to sig_box;
  • stations to station;
  • viaducts to viaduct.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.10 documentation.

0.2.9

(13 September 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.8:

• Updated pre-packed data

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.9 documentation.

0.2.8

(13 September 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.7:

• Removed the function fake_requests_headers() from the module utils.
• Made modifications with bug fixes to:
  • the class ELRMileages in the sub-module elrs_mileages;
  • the function nr_mileage_num_to_str() in the module utils.
• Improved all sub-modules with any specified input data directory being validated.
• Added a new function fix_nr_mileage_str() to the module utils.

For more information and detailed specifications, check out PyRCS 0.2.8 documentation.

0.2.7

(18 July 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.6:

• Renamed the sub-packages (with modifications to all of their sub-modules):
  • line_data_cls to line_data;
  • other_assets_cls to other_assets.
• Renamed the modules:
  • line_data to _line_data;
  • other_assets to _other_assets;
  • update to updater.
• Renamed the function update_pkg_metadata() to update_backup_data() in the module updater.
• Removed the module rc_psql.
• Improved the module utils with bug fixes.
• Added new functions:
  • collect_site_map() and fetch_site_map() to the module updater;
  • homepage_url() to the module utils.

0.2.6

(8 March 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.5:

• Added a new function fix_num_stanox() to the module utils.

0.2.5

(10 January 2020)

Notable changes since 0.2.4:

• Renamed the function update_package_data() to update_pkg_metadata() in the module update.
• Improved the keys of the dict-type data for relevant methods of the two classes: ELRMileages and SignalBoxes.

0.2.4

(4 December 2019)

Notable changes since 0.2.3:

• Removed the module settings.
• Updated import statements in some modules/sub-modules due to changes in their dependencies.
• Made some modifications to a few sub-modules due to changes in the corresponding web pages of the Railway Codes website.

0.2.3

(4 October 2019)

Notable changes since 0.2.2:

• Fixed a few bugs in the module utils.

0.2.2

(27 September 2019)

Notable changes since 0.2.1:

• Improved the methods .collect_mileage_file_by_elr() and .get_conn_mileages() of the class ELRMileages with bug fixes.

0.2.1

(18 September 2019)

Notable changes since 0.2.0:

• Removed the function is_float() from the module utils.
• Added new functions:
  • is_str_float() to the module elrs_mileages;
  • fetch_location_names_repl_dict() and update_location_name_repl_dict() to the module utils.

0.2.0

(29 August 2019)

This is a release of a brand-new version.

Note that the initial releases (of early versions up to 0.1.28) had been permanently deleted.