changelog for version 2.2.4

Author: wjakob

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,50 @@ Changelog
 Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning
 <http://semver.org>`_ policy.
 
+v2.2.4 (September 11, 2018)
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+
+* Use new Python 3.7 Thread Specific Storage (TSS) implementation if available.
+  `#1454 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1454>`_,
+  `#1517 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1517>`_.
+
+* Fixes for newer MSVC versions and C++17 mode.
+  `#1347 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1347>`_.
+  `#1462 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1462>`_.
+
+* Propagate return value policies to type-specific casters
+  when casting STL containers.
+  `#1455 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1455>`_.
+
+* Allow ostream-redirection of more than 1024 characters.
+  `#1479 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1479>`_.
+
+* Set ``Py_DEBUG`` define when compiling against a debug Python build.
+  `#1438 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1438>`_.
+
+* Untangle integer logic in number type caster to work for custom
+  types that may only be castable to a restricted set of builtin types.
+  `#1442 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1442>`_.
+
+* CMake build system: Remember Python version in cache file.
+  `#1434 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1434>`_.
+
+* Fix for custom smart pointers: use ``std::addressof`` to obtain holder
+  address instead of ``operator&``.
+  `#1435 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1435>`_.
+
+* Properly report exceptions thrown during module initialization.
+  `#1362 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1362>`_.
+
+* Fixed a segmentation fault when creating empty-shaped NumPy array.
+  `#1371 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1371>`_.
+
+* The version of Intel C++ compiler must be >= 2017, and this is now checked by
+  the header files. `#1363 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1363>`_.
+
+* A few minor typo fixes and improvements to the test suite, and
+  patches that silence compiler warnings.
+
 v2.2.3 (April 29, 2018)
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