Bump version: 40.9.0 → 41.0.0v41.0.0

4 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9840c086..a8fd179a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 40.9.0
+current_version = 41.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 2a8d432a..8785d3d2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v41.0.0
+-------
+
+* #1735: When parsing setup.cfg files, setuptools now requires the files to be encoded as UTF-8. Any other encoding will lead to a UnicodeDecodeError. This change removes support for specifying an encoding using a 'coding: ' directive in the header of the file, a feature that was introduces in 40.7. Given the recent release of the aforementioned feature, it is assumed that few if any projects are utilizing the feature to specify an encoding other than UTF-8.
+
+
 v40.9.0
 -------
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/1735.breaking.rst b/changelog.d/1735.breaking.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 448730c4..00000000
--- a/changelog.d/1735.breaking.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-When parsing setup.cfg files, setuptools now requires the files to be encoded as UTF-8. Any other encoding will lead to a UnicodeDecodeError. This change removes support for specifying an encoding using a 'coding: ' directive in the header of the file, a feature that was introduces in 40.7. Given the recent release of the aforementioned feature, it is assumed that few if any projects are utilizing the feature to specify an encoding other than UTF-8.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 01fe6ae9..561e7b24 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ universal = 1
 
 [metadata]
 license_file = LICENSE
-version = 40.9.0
+version = 41.0.0