prepare release (#443)

* prepare release

* Problem: the development status is still beta
Solution: set the development status to stable

Author: codegeschrei

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.5.0 (2018-06-14)
+---------------------
+Added
+^^^^^
+* Added three new methods to send/post a transaction as discussed `here <https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/issues/2307>`_:
+
+    * ``send_commit``
+    * ``send_async``
+    * ``send_sync``
+
+Deprecated
+^^^^^^^^^^
+* ``send()`` under ``TransactionEndpoint``, and available
+  via ``BigchainDB.transactions``. Replaced by the above three methods:
+  ``send_commit()``, ``send_async()``, and ``send_sync()``.
+
+
 0.5.0a4 (2018-05-07)
 ---------------------
 * `Removed dependencies from BigchainDB Server package <https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-driver/pull/411>`_.

README.rst

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ Compatibility Matrix
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
 | **BigchainDB Server** | **BigchainDB Driver**     |
 +=======================+===========================+
+| ``>= 2.0.0b1``        | ``0.5.0``               |
++-----------------------+---------------------------+
 | ``>= 2.0.0a3``        | ``0.5.0a4``               |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
 | ``>= 2.0.0a2``        | ``0.5.0a2``               |

bigchaindb_driver/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 __author__ = 'BigchainDB'
 __email__ = '[email protected]'
-__version__ = '0.5.0a4'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'

setup.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='bigchaindb_driver',
-    version='0.5.0a4',
+    version='0.5.0',
     description="Python driver for BigchainDB",
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + changelog,
     author="BigchainDB",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     zip_safe=False,
     keywords='bigchaindb_driver',
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Natural Language :: English',