WeeWX releases

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ChangeLog

Get rid of parenthesized context expressions. They prevented the test suites
from running under Python 3.8 and earlier.

Distributions

• Instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Raspbian
• Instructions for Redhat, Centos, Fedora
• Instructions for SUSE, OpenSUSE
• Instructions for pip (including macOS)
• Instructions using git. Best choice if you are doing WeeWX development

ChangeLog

Set log-label in sysV init script to 'weewxd-XXX' instead of just 'XXX'

Added rsyslog config example for making logs visible to the group weewx
without having to use any privilege escalation.

Allow extra command line options to be passed to an extension installer.
Addresses Issue #1041.

Added Astronomical Units as a unit of length. Added local_djd as a unit of
local time. PR #998. Thanks to
user Karen!

Moved database-specific code into the weedb module. This is in anticipation
of allowing new databases to be installed as an extension.

New action weectl database rebuild-daily NAME was added to allow the selective
rebuilding of the daily summaries. Addresses Issue #1035.

New action weectl station list-drivers was added to allow the listing of all
available device drivers. Fixes Issue #1050.

Language subdirectory lang is now recursively searched for additional
translation files. This allows extensions to add any translations they might
need.

Converted test suites to use pytest.

New Finish translation for the Seasons skin. Thanks to user
iiseppi! PR #1059.

Remove unnecessary UNIQUE index on PRIMARY KEY columns in SQLite, achieving
size reduction of ~10%. Existing database schemas are not modified. Users
desiring size reduction are advised to consider manually migrating.

Fix problem that prevented weectl database reconfigure from working in cases
where a schema was specified.

Fix problem when importing data into a MySQL database. PR
#1025. Thanks to user Robert!

Fix problem that prevented weewxd from restarting reliably if a MySQL
connection was lost. Fixes Issue #1036.

Add support for kwargs when using .series() tags. PR
#1042.

Documentation now uses Zensical.

Fix problem that caused expanded substitutions to be saved when using
weectl station reconfigure. Fixes Issue #1068.

Distributions

• Instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Raspbian
• Instructions for Redhat, Centos, Fedora
• Instructions for SUSE, OpenSUSE
• Instructions for pip (including macOS)
• Instructions using git. Best choice if you are doing WeeWX development

ChangeLog

5.2.0 10/05/2025

Now require Python 3.7 or greater.

Added support for WOW-BE. PR #1014. Fixes issue #1013. Thanks to user John!

Module schema is now under module weewx. This lessens pollution of the Python namespace. Addresses Issue #993.

The WeeWX Almanac is now extensible, allowing other astronomy packages to be used besides pyephem. In particular, a WeeWX extension that uses the Skyfield package is available and can be installed. See Issue #981 and PR #988. Thanks to user Johanna!

Fix LOGNAME bug in the weewx-multi sysV script. Thanks to Glenn McKechnie.

Added illuminance to the wview_extended schema. See Issue #992 and PR #992. Thanks to user Jeremy!

Fix typo that causes phantom values of soilMoist3 to appear with VantageVue stations.

Fix bug that prevented relative paths to the config file from working.

Allow simple Python objects to be used as an argument to $jsonize().

Adjust exclusion of top-level files in wheel creation to meet poetry norms and to be consistent across poetry-core versions. Fixes issue #993, in part.

Fix problem that prevented cached values of first and last timestamp from being set. PR #999. Thanks to user Rich Bell!

Fix problem in Standard skin if Select Month was literally selected in drop down list. PR #1002. Thanks to user Ben Cotton!

In the Cumulus import code, the prefix cur_ is used to signify a current value for most observation types. However, there was one exception: curr_in_temp. The utility and documentation have been changed to use cur_in_temp (one 'r'), making all types consistent. Fixes Issue #1006.

Fix a problem caused by an assumption that delta times are always in seconds. Fixes issue Issue #1009.

Fix bug that prevented arbitrary types from being used with weectl database add-column. Fixes issue Issue
#1007.

Fix bug that prevented MySQL and MariaDB versions greater than 10.0 from working. Fixes issue Issue #1010.

Wind direction plots in the Standard skin now use discrete marks, rather than continuous lines.