v1.9.0

This will the last minor release in the 1.x cycle.

• Add all Iran's provinces land lines numbers #1806 (kingofnull)
• replace latin "B" to cyrillic "B" for uk_UA locale #1800 (FI-LIFE)
• Add elgentos/masquerade to third-party library list #1798 (erikhansen)
• Add link to Gravatar provider repository #1796 (ottaviano)
• Add mobileNumber() method for nb_NO #1788 (carestad)
• Enhancement: Slightly clean up Company provider #1783 (localheinz)
• Added some more information for autoloading in the readme #1780 (pimjansen)
• Enhancement: Add issue template for bug report #1779 (localheinz)
• Add hslColor to ColorProvider #1776 (icanhazstring)
• Enhancement: Consistently use composer package name for link content #1770 (localheinz)
• Add Correct Thai words for streets,soi etc names and add Thai First a… #1769 (pierrejoye)
• Enhancement: Assert that postcode generated by Austrian Address provider matches format #1766 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Update squizlabs/php_codesniffer #1763 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Assert that imageUrl can be used with gray flag #1762 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Introduce build and help targets #1761 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Disable Xdebug as early as possible #1758 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Clean up .gitattributes #1756 (localheinz)
• Enhancement: Reference phpunit.xsd as installed with composer #1755 (localheinz)
• add id_ID Color #1754 (cacing69)
• PHP 7.4 compatibility #1748 (pimjansen)
• Add lastName gender specific on ru_RU locale #1747 (aanfarhan)
• Update README - Add a new faker. #1731 (drupol)
• Add faker-eddy-malou third-party library #1717 (Metrakit)
• [de_DE] Company\JobTitle: list of common german job titles #1716 (amacado)
• Added 'red' to $safeColorNames #1701 (xfudox)
• [pt_PT/Address] Add abbreviature to 'travessa' and 'largo' #1606 (simaolemos)
• Fix method name for en_NZ provider in readme #1595 (gdhnz)
• Refactoring of the TextTest class #1590 (stevegrunwell)
• add gender variants for last name [lt_LT] #1586 (ikerasLT)
• add .id TLD #1566 (ad3n)
• Add Color provider to es_ES locale #1559 (juananruiz)
• Enhancement: Keep packages sorted in composer.json #1551 (localheinz)
• Portuguese providers for Companies and Internet #1537 (promatik)
• Improve Dutch company names #1529 (koole)
• Document randomDigitNot base formatter. #1514 (shawnlindstrom)
• Estonian names #1461 (much-rebel)
• add birthplace support for ID nik generator #1451 (mikk150)
• List of banks in Brazil added #1427 (diegohenicka)
• Remove last names from the male first names array (et_EE) #1799 (Mihkel100)
• Update out-of-date currency codes #1795 (Brindster)
• Floor is not always returning an int #1790 (pimjansen)
• typo #1789 (enumag)
• Added batch inserts for doctrine orm populate #1781 (pimjansen)
• FIx: Avoid deprecation warning in newer CakePHP version #1777 (icanhazstring)
• Fix: Consistently link to GitHub repositories #1774 (localheinz)
• Fix: Name of package #1772 (localheinz)
• Remove BV and HM country codes. #1767 (oliverpool)
• Fix: Remove sudo configuration #1760 (localheinz)
• Fix: Allow nightly builds to fail #1759 (localheinz)
• Fix: No need to update composer itself #1757 (localheinz)
• duplicate first name and last name removal #1729 (sagautam5)
• Fix-Isreal--Israel #1724 (GitEvil)
• fix(issue-1721): add phpdoc method and properties annotations for php… #1722 (lugus)
• Typo in function PHPDoc #1711 (Dzhuneyt)
• Fix: Add allowed type DateTime to param annotation #1697 (localheinz)
• Calling a non static method as static not allowed. #1696 (wilco-1985)
• Bug Fix en_SG mobile number generation #1658 (ziming)
• Update ja_JP Address Provider #1649 (atmngw)
• Fixed realText on ja_JP locale broken, /u missing #1634 (mihit)
• Removed comma and space from $firstNameMale for en_IN #1608 (phpspider)
• Prevent Transliterator class autoloading #1575 (MontealegreLuis)
• building numbers in Germany never start with a zero or are zero #1530 (fostam)
• Fixing sk_SK men last names set #1459 (pavoltanuska)
• Taiwan ID. The initial letter must be a capital letter. p->P #1434 (slawa-dev)
• Revert "Added 'red' to $safeColorNames" #1778 (fzaninotto)
• Added realText capability for fr_CA #1686 (bobanum)
• Add loremflickr.com Provider to the thrid parties #1683 (xvladxtremal)
• Add Undeclared Faker Instance to PhoneNumber Test in en_NG #1682 (thearsalan)
• PSR-2 updates to readme #1679 (b3none)
• PHPDoc for passthrough function on Generator #1678 (tabakhase)
• Make en_CA Phone Provider Extend the en_US One #1676 (darrylhein)
• Add Valid National Code Generator to fa_IR Person #1675 (thearsalan)
• Updated readme.md: added a missing backslash #1673 (aubryfr)
• Add 'Faker\Provider\en_US\Company::catchPhrase' to ru_RU locale #1668 (axklim)
• Update deprecated \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase with PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase #1664 (thewhit)
• Support populating Doctrine's immutable date types #1639 (voronkovich)
• add titleMale and titleFemale method to all Person classes #1635 (RiverDanceGit)
• Minor typo fix #1631 (nhedger)
• Add link to er1z/fakemock #1622 (er1z)
• Add Dutch (nl_NL) job titles #1618 (SjorsO)
• Exclude files and folder from release archive #1617 (ankurk91)
• Update doc block #1615 (ankurk91)
• Suggest PSR-4 compliant autoloader in comment #1614 (samnela)
• Fix dateTimeBetween() Argument on Generator phpdoc #1583 (hisomura)
• Fix Dutch typo #1580 (gizburdt)
• Old city names changed to new ones #1578 (goszowski)
• Correct documentation #1571 (rquadling)
• Make $suffix protected not private in nl_NL\Person provider #1561 (SpadXIII)
• Add PicsumPhotos Provider to the thrid parties #1560 (bluemmb)
• fix austrian postal codes starting with invalid 0 #1545 (mpge)
• Restore a random seed when the Generator is destroyed #1534 (lyrixx)
• Add a swiss social security number (AVS13) generator #1533 (nhedger)
• Small tweaks #1526 (carusogabriel)
• fix ukraine first name person, delete space #1525 (Yasuslik)
• Removed unknown postcode #1440 (ayanozturk)
• Add more PhoneNumber options for es_ES #1219 (driade)
• Fix duplication in uk_UA male first names #1214 (fre5h)
• Added missing grayscale option/flag to Image provider #928 (sebastianvilla)