This new commit updates the file CHANGES.rst with the changes made in the gaia module [astropy#2376]

Author: mhsarmiento

CHANGES.rst

@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@
 
 New Tools and Services
 ----------------------
-
+gaia
+^^^^
+- TAP notifications service is now available for Gaia. If there is notification for the users,
+e.g planned or our unplanned downtimes of the archive, etc. The notification
+will be also visible when accessing the archive through Astroquery.
 
 hsa
 ^^^
 
 - New module to access ESA Herschel mission. [#2122]
 
+
+
 Service fixes and enhancements
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -38,6 +44,11 @@ linelists.cdms
 - Fix issues with the line name parser and the line data parser; the original
   implementation was incomplete and upstream was not fully documented. [#2385, #2411]
 
+gaia
+^^^^
+- Method 'load_data' now has the parameter 'valid_data' set to False by default.
+With this change the epoch photometry service returns all data associated to a given source.
+
 Infrastructure, Utility and Other Changes and Additions
 -------------------------------------------------------
 

astroquery/gaia/core.py

@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ def get_status_messages(self):
         the status of JWST TAP
         """
         try:
+            print("parsing notification messages")
             subContext = conf.GAIA_MESSAGES
             connHandler = self._TapPlus__getconnhandler()
             response = connHandler.execute_tapget(subContext, False)