Release 2.6.0b1

Author: phw

NEWS.md

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+# Version 2.6.0b1 - 2021-03-02
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+- [PICARD-1528](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1528) - "Search for similar albums" causes crashes if the selection includes clusters and files
+- [PICARD-1689](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1689) - Freezes when adding tags to large album
+- [PICARD-1926](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1926) - "Show changes first" in tag preview window leads to freeze
+- [PICARD-2088](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2088) - Picard hangs when adding new tag to multiple tracks in an album
+- [PICARD-2091](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2091) - Loading images from cover art via drag and drop from browser only loads PNG and JPEG images
+- [PICARD-2097](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2097) - Crash with zh_CN locale
+- [PICARD-2113](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2113) - Script can change title of "Unclustered files" special cluster
+
+## New Features
+
+- [PICARD-2124](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2124) - Add MB release annotation field as `%_releaseannotation%` variable
+
+## Tasks
+
+- [PICARD-715](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-715) - Chrome to block browser access to localhost
+- [PICARD-1950](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1950) - Fix macOS builds with PyQt > 5.13.2
+
+## Improvements
+
+- [PICARD-204](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-204) - Support for track-level original release date
+- [PICARD-1998](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1998) - Add "director" (for videos) tag
+- [PICARD-2084](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2084) - Use TLS for AcoustID web service requests
+- [PICARD-2089](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2089) - Support WebP images for cover art
+- [PICARD-2090](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2090) - Reenable TIFF support for cover art images
+- [PICARD-2092](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2092) - Improve script editor function/variable auto completion
+- [PICARD-2105](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2105) - Improve script function popup descriptions
+- [PICARD-2110](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2110) - Add `%originaldate%` and `%originalyear%` to file naming examples
+- [PICARD-2114](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2114) - Show disambiguation comment in CD Lookup popup window
+- [PICARD-2125](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2125) - Enable CAA Release Group cover art provider by default
+- [PICARD-2126](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2126) - Allow cross origin access to browser integration
+- [PICARD-2127](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2127) - "Lookup in browser" in metadata box does not pass tagger port
+
+
 # Version 2.5.6 - 2021-01-05
 
 ## Bugfixes

picard/__init__.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 PICARD_DISPLAY_NAME = "MusicBrainz Picard"
 PICARD_APP_ID = "org.musicbrainz.Picard"
 PICARD_DESKTOP_NAME = PICARD_APP_ID + ".desktop"
-PICARD_VERSION = Version(2, 6, 0, 'dev', 1)
+PICARD_VERSION = Version(2, 6, 0, 'beta', 1)
 
 
 # optional build version