6.0.0rc1

(Full Changelog)

Bugs fixed

• Return len of item written to OutStream #685 (@Carreau)
• Deacrease lag time for eventloop #573 (@impact27)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Remove pin on Jedi because that was already fixed in IPython #692 (@ccordoba12)
• Remove deprecated source parameter since 4.0.1 (2015) #690 (@Carreau)
• Remove deprecated SocketABC since 4.5.0 #689 (@Carreau)
• Remove deprecated profile options of connect.py #688 (@Carreau)
• Remove ipykernel.codeutil deprecated since IPykernel 4.3.1 (Feb 2016) #687 (@Carreau)

Documentation improvements

• Misc Updates to changelog for 6.0 #686 (@Carreau)

Contributors to this release

(GitHub contributors page for this release)

@Carreau | @ccordoba12 | @impact27