update whats new for #844 and other contributors (#851)

* update whats new for #844 and other contributors

* rebase

* epw docstring noqa fix

* update whatsnew date

* add anton. minor api.rst clean up

* escape asterisk

* add docs auto_examples to gitignore

* pep8

Author: wholmgren

.gitignore

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pvlib/spa_c_files/spa_tester.c
 # generated documentation
 docs/sphinx/source/generated
 docs/sphinx/source/savefig
+docs/sphinx/source/auto_examples
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt

docs/sphinx/source/api.rst

@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ PVWatts model
    pvsystem.pvwatts_losses
 
 Functions for fitting diode models
--------------------------------
+----------------------------------
+
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: generated/
 
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ Functions for fitting diode models
 
 Losses
 ------
+
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: generated/
 

docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.1.rst

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 .. _whatsnew_0710:
 
-v0.7.1 (MONTH DAY, YEAR)
-------------------------
-
-
-API Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
+v0.7.1 (January 17, 2020)
+-------------------------
 
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -15,6 +11,7 @@ Enhancements
 * Added `leap_day` parameter to `iotools.get_psm3` instead of hardcoding it as
   False.
 * Added :py:func:`~pvlib.iotools.get_pvgis_tmy` to get PVGIS TMY datasets.
+  (:pull:`845`)
 * Added :py:func:`~pvlib.iotools.parse_epw` to parse a file-like buffer
   containing weather data in the EPW format.
 * Added a new module `pvlib.losses` for various loss models.
@@ -23,6 +20,8 @@ Enhancements
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
+* Fix error in logic for emitting deprecation warning in
+  :py:func:`~pvlib.pvsystem.sapm` (:pull:`844`)
 * Changed the PSM3 API endpoint for TMY requests in `iotools.get_psm3`.
 
 Testing
@@ -42,4 +41,8 @@ Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Kevin Anderson (:ghuser:`kanderso-nrel`)
 * Mark Mikofski (:ghuser:`mikofski`)
+* :ghuser:`dzimmanck`
+* Will Holmgren (:ghuser:`wholmgren`)
+* Cliff Hansen (:ghuser:`cwhanse`)
 * Valliappan CA (:ghuser:`nappaillav`)
+* Anton Driesse (:ghuser:`adriesse`)

pvlib/iotools/epw.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def read_epw(filename, coerce_year=None):
-    '''
+    r'''
     Read an EPW file in to a pandas dataframe.
 
     Note that values contained in the metadata dictionary are unchanged
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def read_epw(filename, coerce_year=None):
     | precipitable_water            | Total precipitable water contained in a |
     |                               | column of unit cross section from earth |
     |                               | to top of atmosphere, cm. Note that some|
-    |                               | old *_TMY3.epw files may have incorrect |
+    |                               | old \*_TMY3.epw files may have incorrect|
     |                               | unit if it was retrieved from           |
     |                               | www.energyplus.net.                     |
     +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+