**BREAKING CHANGES** in the Registry API.
* Dropped the ``IsoRegistry.items()`` method,
* Started deprecation of the ``IsoRegistry.get_calendar_class`` method.
**New Calendar**
- Added Kenyan calendar, by @KidkArolis (#484)
**Minor fixes**
- Fixed Lithuania calendar to use the core flags for Assumption and All Saints (#468).
- Fixed Malta calendar ; January 1st was already included, no need to add it to the ``FIXED_HOLIDAYS`` property (#469).
- Small refactor in Netherlands calendar to use core constants (#470).
Change:
- Added BrazilBankCalendar to support `include_` flags and make it possible to extend and change these flags to support custom bank calendars (#474).
- Added Israel holidays eves and removed holidays which are not affecting the working days in Israel (#461).
- Fix warning in China's holidays to dynamically read supported years, thx @fredrike (#459).
- **BREAKING CHANGE** Drop Support for Python 2 - EOL January 1st 2020 (#442).
- Added Ukraine calendar, by @apelloni.
- Small cleanup in the ``.travis.yml`` file, thx to @Natim.
**ISO Registry API Change**
- Changes in the ``registry.items()`` method API.
- This method is aliased to ``get_calendars()``. In a near release, the ``items()`` method will change its purpose.
- The ``get_calendars()`` method accepts an empty/missing ``region_codes`` argument to retrieve the full registry. Please see the [ISO Registry documentation](https://peopledoc.github.io/workalendar/iso-registry.html) for extensive usage docs (#403, #375).
**New calendars**
- Added Serbia calendar, by @apelloni (#435).
- Added Argentina calendar, by @ftatarli (#419).
**Other changes**
- Update China's public holidays for 2020, thx @nut-free (#429).
- Update Malaysia and Singapore for 2021 (Deepavali + Thaipusam) by @jack-pace (#432).
- Small refactorings on the Gevena (Switzerland) holiday class, thx to @cw-intellineers (#420).
**New calendars**
- Added 27 Brazil calendars -- thanks a lot to @luismalta & @mileo, (#409 & #415)
**Enhancements**
- Added compatibility with Python 3.8 (#406).
- Added an IBGE_REGISTER to reference IBGE (brazilian) calendars with related tests (#415).
- Improve ISO registry interface by raising an error when trying to register a non-Calendar class (#412).
**Other changes**
- Fixes and additions to some Brazil calendars ; again, thanks to @luismalta & @mileo, (#409 & #415)
- Fix Denmark, re-add Christmas Eve, which is widely treated as public holiday ; thx to @KidkArolis, (#414).
- Increase Malaysia coverage by adding tests for missing Deepavali & Thaipusam.
- Increase China coverage by adding tests for special extra-holidays & extra-working days cases.
Bruno Bord
Bruno Bord