Setting the version to 5.0.0rc1.

Author: scott-griffiths

bitstring/__init__.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-__version__ = "5.0.0b1"
+__version__ = "5.0.0rc1"
 
 __author__ = "Scott Griffiths"
 

doc/conf.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 project = "bitstring"
 copyright = f"2006 - {year}, Scott Griffiths"
 author = "Scott Griffiths"
-release = "5.0.0_beta1"
+release = "5.0.0rc1"
 
 extensions = []
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bitstring"
-version = "5.0.0b1"
+version = "5.0.0rc1"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 authors = [
   { name="Scott Griffiths", email="dr.scottgriffiths@gmail.com" },

tests/test_bitstring.py

@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ def test_pyproject_version(self):
         except FileNotFoundError:
             pass  # Doesn't run on CI.
 
+    def test_docs_version_matches(self):
+        # doc/conf.py is the third place the version is written, and the only one that
+        # nothing checked - it had drifted to a spelling the others never used.
+        filename = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, '../doc/conf.py')
+        try:
+            with open(filename) as conffile:
+                found = False
+                for line in conffile:
+                    if line.startswith("release"):
+                        assert not found
+                        assert bitstring.__version__ in line, line
+                        found = True
+            assert found
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass  # Doesn't run on CI.
+
     def test_compatibility_aliases_do_not_warn(self):
         # They are kept rather than deprecated, so nothing should emit a warning.
         # If a future version does deprecate them, that is a deliberate change and