v4 RTM Release

[zvirja]

Here is the list of actions required to prepare for the v4 release.

Preparations:

• Close all the PRs for master and freeze changes to the master branch till the release.
• Close all the issues and PRs in the v4 milestone.
• Collect all the important v4 changes since v4 RC1.
• Update the breaking changes document on Wiki.
• Review Contributing.md and wiki and ensure no obsolete information is present there.

Release:

• Release AutoFixture v4.0.0.
• Make a tweet.
• Thank to everybody who participated 😉

Important Changes

• DataAnnotations RangeAttribute causes arithmetic OverflowException DataAnnotations RangeAttribute causes arithmetic OverflowException #453
• Improve ObjectCreationException wrapping with full path Improve ObjectCreationException wrapping with full path #892
• Obsolete RandomRangedNumberCustomization Obsolete RandomRangedNumberCustomization #899
• Ranged request fails if request has same min and max Ranged request fails if request has same min and max #897
• Return ISpecimenBuilderNode in ISpecimenBuilderTransformation Return ISpecimenBuilderNode in ISpecimenBuilderTransformation #905
• [xUnit/xUnit2] Loosen up InlineAutoDataAttribute constructor to take DataAttribute argument [xUnit/xUnit2] Loosen up InlineAutoDataAttribute constructor to take DataAttribute argument #911
• Allow to relay open generic types via TypeRelay Allow to relay open generic types via TypeRelay #936 / Handle open generics by ExactTypeSpecification and remove redundancies Handle open generics by ExactTypeSpecification and remove redundancies #935
• Change ModestConstructorQuery behavior to skip copy constructors Change ModestConstructorQuery behavior to skip copy constructors #918
• Introduce RangedRequest to support non-number types Introduce RangedRequest to support non-number types #920
• Range attribute on Enum throws InvalidCastException Range attribute on Enum throws InvalidCastException #722
• Resolve IReadOnlyList<> out of the box Support for IReadOnlyList and similar in v4 #924
• Move NoDataAnnotationsCustomization to DataAnnotations namespace Group all the DataAnnotation related builders together #957

[emanuelmarques]

Hello @zvirja
Is there an estimated date for the v4 RTM to be available in nuget?

[zvirja]

Hi @emanuelmarques I expect to release it somewhere during the upcoming weeks. Are you waiting for some particular feature? We already have RC released with all the major changes applied, so it should cover most of your needs..

[emanuelmarques]

Some company policies dictate to avoid the use of pre-release packages. However, I already tested it for my needs and it is working :)

[zvirja]

@moodmosaic All the preparations has been finished and I'm ready for the v4 RTM release (finally 😄). I believe that I applied all the breaking changes I wanted. All the breaking changes we might need in future will go to v5.

I'm going to proceed with the release tomorrow - let me know if you have any concerns 😉

[moodmosaic]

Go ahead 👍 🚀 🥇 💯

[zvirja]

v4 RTM is finally there. This is the first stable major release since the ownership has been passed. It's great that we can make this project alive! 🎉

Thanks to everybody who contributed to the project since v4 RC1 (@Kralizek, @Loppor, @micheleissa, @rexcfnghk and others) - you help our project be healthy and shine brighter! 🙏🤝

@moodmosaic The traditional "thanks" for your code reviews and the expertise you provided during the development 🍷

[emanuelmarques]

thank you so much @zvirja and everyone else who contributed :)

[zvirja]

@frblondin Given that AutoFixture v4 has been finally published, would you be fine to unlist the AutoFixture.NUnit3.PatchedName package? It doesn't seem to be required anymore 😉

[frblondin]

@zvirja I unlisted all AutoFixture.NUnit3.PatchedName package versions.

I think people can barely imagine the effort and time it represents to deliver such a great library! Congratulation and great job for v4 final.

[zvirja]

@frblondin Thanks a lot for the graceful words! 🙏 It indeed takes huge amount of time and it's warm to read such kind of feedback ☺️

[rexcfnghk]

Thank you for the effort to get it out of the door @zvirja !