2.5.2.dev2

Pre release version of 2.5.2 for testing, we appreciate everyone who tests out our dev releases!

Release highlights

• Promoted pygame.Window to public API. Allows use of multiple windows at once, new window operations.
• Various rect optimizations
• Dependency updates: SDL and lower level C libraries
• New module pygame.typing
• Fixed segfault in antialiased draw functions with non 32 bit surfaces

What's Changed

• 2.5.2.dev1 by @ankith26 in #3042
• Fixed a couple of versionadded tags that should have been versionaddedold in display docs by @oddbookworm in #3046
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.5.0 to 6.6.1 by @dependabot in #3051
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 by @dependabot in #3050
• Improved geometry docs by @itzpr3d4t0r in #3043
• Fix imposter opengl by @Starbuck5 in #3059
• Add Window.flash(operation) by @damusss in #3054
• Add pygame.typing module by @damusss in #3002
• Use PyObject_Vectorcall in rect by @Starbuck5 in #3048
• Version-getters SDL2/SDL3 by @Starbuck5 in #2975
• Coverage CI created, hopefully it works first time lol by @oddbookworm in #2990
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.6.1 to 6.7.0 by @dependabot in #3065
• Optimized Rect.clipline() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #3067
• Optimized tuple creation for Rect getters by @itzpr3d4t0r in #3072
• Update FRect repr to handle larger values by @ankith26 in #3077
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 by @dependabot in #3081
• Fix average_color docs and stubs to match implementation by @Starbuck5 in #3076
• Fix and improve pygame.typing module by @aatle in #3080
• Add Window.focused by @damusss in #3079
• Add alias pygame.Sound by @damusss in #3063
• Port the controller module to C. by @zoldalma999 in #2056
• Fix break when the OS resizes our window in set_mode by @oddbookworm in #2992
• Make experimental API not hidden in the docs anymore by @bilhox in #3068
• Vector{2,3}.__delattr__ messaging fixed when deleting x, y, {z} and removed Vector4 zombies by @oddbookworm in #3069
• Use PyObject_CallOneArg where applicable by @ankith26 in #3023
• migrate importlib to resolve warning about pkg_resources by @raspofabs in #3061
• Make pygame.typing.PathLike internal/private by @aatle in #3086
• Updated SDL version to 2.30.7 by @oddbookworm in #3094
• Fix test_inflate_ip__larger. by @avpai-dinosaur in #3098
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 by @dependabot in #3095
• Add Circle.intersect() by @itzpr3d4t0r in #3071
• Remove RGBATuple by @Starbuck5 in #3102
• Fix component bounds checking by @ankith26 in #3087
• Bump build dependencies by @ankith26 in #3100
• Enhance pygame.mouse.get_pressed docs by @damusss in #3084
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.20.0 to 2.21.0 by @dependabot in #3103
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.21.0 to 2.21.1 by @dependabot in #3112
• Drop MSYS2 clang32 from our CI by @ankith26 in #3116
• Fix whitespace and eof formatting with pre-commit by @ankith26 in #3104
• Fix segfault with antialiased draw functions with a depth different than 32bits by @bilhox in #3008
• Add japanese readme by @hisa10 in #3114
• Update the dependency section of zh-cn README by @yunline in #3119
• Add desktop argument to mouse.get_pos and mouse.get_pressed by @damusss in #3105
• added example on how Window behaves with WINDOWCLOSE and QUIT events by @MrValdez in #3115
• Fix editable install on windows by @ankith26 in #3117
• Add Circle.collidelist/collidelistall() by @damusss in #2880
• Fix midi timer reset when quit by @MyreMylar in #3018
• Make copy methods explicit for linting by @damusss in #3129
• Fix a compiler warning in debug mode by @ankith26 in #3124
• Set error when too many numbers of argument in pygame.Color.from_colorspace by @bilhox in #3125
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.7 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #3135
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.7.0 to 6.8.0 by @dependabot in #3136
• Added additional circle attributes by @MrRedstone058 in #3127
• Bump ubuntu to 24.04 on CI, fix cppcheck by @ankith26 in #3123
• Clarify how Rect and positions relate in the intro tutorial by @datapythonista in #3111
• Fix aalines overlap by @mzivic7 in #2912
• wasm: controller is not multiphase init + workaround for wasm 313t by @pmp-p in #3137
• Rename pygame.typing.Coordinate to Point, fix related grammar by @aatle in #3139
• Fix (F)Rect.scale_by(_ip) handling of the scale_by parameter by @ankith26 in #3078
• Add 9-patch to examples by @damusss in #2985
• transform.solid_overlay by @ScriptLineStudios in #2304
• Add draw.aaline width argument by @mzivic7 in #3140
• New up-to-date review of french readme + note of when it was last reviewed by @bilhox in #3142
• Missing pixels in aalines when using integer coordinates by @mzivic7 in #3144
• Add meson flag for compiling with SDL3 by @ankith26 in #3141
• SDL3: compile rect, bufferproxy, math, newbuffer, geometry by @ankith26 in #3145
• Fixes for rwobject (now iostream) SDL3 by @Starbuck5 in #2933
• SDL3 support for pygame.system by @Starbuck5 in #3146
• Fix stubcheck error on windows, mark typealiases as such in typing by @zoldalma999 in #3147
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.8.0 to 6.9.0 by @dependabot in #3151
• Bump actions/cache from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 by @dependabot in #3153
• Add Italian README by @damusss in #3120
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.21.1 to 2.21.3 by @dependabot in #3161
• Adjust pg_MappedColorFromObj API for SDL3-porting by @Starbuck5 in #3160
• Fix handling all color types in pygame.transform.threshold by @damusss in #3156
• Improve color notation in the docs by @damusss in #3165
• SDL 2.30.8 by @Starbuck5 in #3168
• Add basic pygame.typing unit test, remove problematic TypeAlias usage by @ankith26 in #3150
• Added geometry.Line base by @itzpr3d4t0r in #3131
• wasm: better wasm fencing by @pmp-p in #3163
• Publicize window docs by @Starbuck5 in #3170
• mac/manylinux deps updates 2024 by @ankith26 in #3118

New Contributors

• @aatle made their first contribution in #3080
• @raspofabs made their first contribution in #3061
• @avpai-dinosaur made their first contribution in #3098
• @hisa10 made their first contribution in #3114
• @MrValdez made their first contribution in #3115
• @MrRedstone058 made their first contribution in #3127
• @datapythonista made their first contribution in #3111

Full Changelog: 2.5.1...2.5.2.dev2