Release for 0.5 Alpha (#383)

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Author: vrde

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.5.0a1 (2018-04-03)
+--------------------
+There were _many_ changes between BigchainDB 1.3 and BigchainDB 2.0 Alpha, too many to list here. We wrote a series of blog posts to summarize most changes, especially those that affect end users and application developers:
+
+* [Some HTTP API Changes in the Next Release](https://blog.bigchaindb.com/some-http-api-changes-in-the-next-release-49612a537b0c)
+* [Three Transaction Model Changes in the Next Release](https://blog.bigchaindb.com/three-transaction-model-changes-in-the-next-release-dadbac50094a)
+
+
 0.4.1 (2017-08-02)
 ------------------
 Fixed
@@ -34,8 +42,8 @@ Added
 Changed
 ^^^^^^^
 * Node URLs, passed to ``BigchainDB()`` MUST not include the api prefix
-  ``'/api/v1'``, e.g.: 
-    
+  ``'/api/v1'``, e.g.:
+
     * BEFORE: ``http://localhost:9984/api/v1``
     * NOW: ``http://localhost:9984``
 
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ Removed
 Added
 ^^^^^
 * Support for "canonical" transaction operations:
-    
+
     * ``prepare``
     * ``fulfill``
     * ``send``

LICENSES.md

@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ Compatibility Matrix
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
 | **BigchainDB Server** | **BigchainDB Driver**     |
 +=======================+===========================+
-| ``>= 0.8.2``          | ``>= 0.1.3``              |
+| ``>= 2.0.0``          | ``0.5.x``                 |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
-| ``>= 0.9.1``          | ``0.2.x``                 |
+| ``>= 1.0.0``          | ``0.4.x``                 |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
 | ``== 1.0.0rc1``       | ``0.3.x``                 |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
-| ``>= 1.0.0``          | ``0.4.x``                 |
+| ``>= 0.9.1``          | ``0.2.x``                 |
++-----------------------+---------------------------+
+| ``>= 0.8.2``          | ``>= 0.1.3``              |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
 
 `Although we do our best to keep the master branches in sync, there may be

README.rst

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 __author__ = 'BigchainDB'
 __email__ = '[email protected]'
-__version__ = '0.4.0'
+__version__ = '0.5.0a1'

bigchaindb_driver/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 install_requires = [
     'requests>=2.11.0',
-    'bigchaindb==2.0.0.dev',
+    'bigchaindb~=2.0.0a1',
 ]
 
 tests_require = [
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='bigchaindb_driver',
-    version='0.4.0',
+    version='0.5.0a1',
     description="Python driver for BigchainDB",
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + changelog,
     author="BigchainDB",
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@
         'docs': docs_require,
     },
     dependency_links=[
-        'git+https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git@master#egg=bigchaindb-2.0.0.dev',
+        'git+https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git@master#egg=bigchaindb-2.0.0a1',
     ],
 )