Update version numbers and dates for release 1.23.9rc1.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ body:
       label: PyMuPDF version
       options:
         - 
+        - 1.23.9rc1
         - 1.23.8
-        - 1.23.7
-        - 1.23.6 or earlier
+        - 1.23.7 or earlier
         - Built from source
       description: |
         * For example from `fitz.VersionBind`.

changes.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Change Log
 ==========
 
 
-**Changes in version 1.23.9? ()**
+**Changes in version 1.23.9rc1 (2024-01-02)**
 
 * Default to new "rebased" implementation.
   * The old "classic" implementation is available with `import fitz_old as fitz`.
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Change Log
   * Fixed issue with add_redact_annot() mentioned in #2934.
   * Fixed rebased `fitz.pymupdf_version_tuple` - was previously set to mupdf version.
   * Improved `scripts/test.py` to help investigation of MuPDF issues.
+  * Fixed `Page.rotation()` to return 0 for non-PDF documents instead of raising an exception.
+  * Fixed internal quad detection to cope with any Python sequence.
 
 
 **Changes in version 1.23.8 (2023-12-19)**

docs/version.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ----
 
-This documentation covers **PyMuPDF v1.23.8** features as of **2023-12-19 00:00:01**.
+This documentation covers **PyMuPDF v1.23.9rc1** features as of **2024-01-02 00:00:01**.
 
 The major and minor versions of **PyMuPDF** and **MuPDF** will always be the same. Only the third qualifier (patch level) may deviate from that of **MuPDF**.
 

setup.py

@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ def sdist():
 # We generate different wheels depending on g_flavour.
 #
 
-version = '1.23.8'
+version = '1.23.9rc1'
 version_b = '1.23.7'
 
 tag_python = None

src/__init__.py

@@ -21768,8 +21768,8 @@ class FitzDeprecation(DeprecationWarning):
 
 
 VersionFitz = "1.23.7" # MuPDF version.
-VersionBind = "1.23.8" # PyMuPDF version.
-VersionDate = "2023-12-19 00:00:01"
+VersionBind = "1.23.9rc1" # PyMuPDF version.
+VersionDate = "2024-01-02 00:00:01"
 VersionDate2 = VersionDate.replace('-', '').replace(' ', '').replace(':', '')
 version = (VersionBind, VersionFitz, VersionDate2)
 pymupdf_version_tuple = tuple( [int(i) for i in VersionBind.split('.')])

src_classic/version.i

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %pythoncode %{
 VersionFitz = "1.23.7" # MuPDF version.
-VersionBind = "1.23.8" # PyMuPDF version.
-VersionDate = "2023-12-19 00:00:01"
-version = (VersionBind, VersionFitz, "20231219000001")
+VersionBind = "1.23.9rc1" # PyMuPDF version.
+VersionDate = "2024-01-02 00:00:01"
+version = (VersionBind, VersionFitz, "20240102000001")
 pymupdf_version_tuple = tuple( [int(i) for i in VersionFitz.split('.')])
 %}