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This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
(:doc:`View all changes <index>`.)


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   The highlights for this major/minor release of Iris include:

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   And finally, get in touch with us on :issue:`GitHub<new/choose>` if you have
   any issues or feature requests for improving Iris. Enjoy!


📢 Announcements
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#. Congratulations to `@ESadek-MO`_ who has become a core developer for Iris! 🎉


✨ Features
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🐛 Bugs Fixed
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#. N/A


💣 Incompatible Changes
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#. N/A


🚀 Performance Enhancements
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#. N/A


🔥 Deprecations
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#. N/A


🔗 Dependencies
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#. N/A


📚 Documentation
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#. `@rcomer`_ clarified instructions for updating gallery tests. (:pull:`5100`)
#. `@tkknight`_ unpinned ``pydata-sphinx-theme`` and set the default to use
   the light version (not dark) while we make the docs dark mode friendly
   (:pull:`5129`)

#. `@jonseddon`_ updated the citation to a more recent version of Iris. (:pull:`5116`)

#. `@rcomer`_ linked the :obj:`~iris.analysis.PERCENTILE` aggregator from the
   :obj:`~iris.analysis.MEDIAN` docstring, noting that the former handles lazy
   data. (:pull:`5128`)

#. `@trexfeathers`_ updated the WSL link to Microsoft's latest documentation,
   and removed an ECMWF link in the ``v1.0`` What's New that was failing the
   linkcheck CI. (:pull:`5109`)

#. `@trexfeathers`_ added a new top-level :doc:`/community/index` section,
   as a one-stop place to find out about getting involved, and how we relate
   to other projects. (:pull:`5025`)

#. The **Iris community**, with help from the **Xarray community**, produced
   the :doc:`/community/iris_xarray` page, highlighting the similarities and
   differences between the two packages. (:pull:`5025`)

💼 Internal
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#. `@fnattino`_ changed the order of ``ncgen`` arguments in the command to
   create NetCDF files for testing  (caused errors on OS X). (:pull:`5105`)

#. `@rcomer`_ removed some old infrastructure that printed test timings.
   (:pull:`5101`)


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    Whatsnew author names (@github name) in alphabetical order. Note that,
    core dev names are automatically included by the common_links.inc:

.. _@fnattino: https://github.com/fnattino


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    Whatsnew resources in alphabetical order: