add release date - update docs

Author: ilanschnell

CHANGE_LOG

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2025-XX-XX   3.7.2:
+2025-10-08   3.7.2:
 -------------------
   * enable `util.random_k()` for all supported Python versions,
     previously this functions required Python 3.9 or higher

README.rst

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Once you have installed the package, you may want to test it:
 
     $ python -c 'import bitarray; bitarray.test()'
     bitarray is installed in: /Users/ilan/bitarray/bitarray
-    bitarray version: 3.7.1
+    bitarray version: 3.7.2
     sys.version: 3.13.5 (main, Jun 16 2025) [Clang 18.1.8]
     sys.prefix: /Users/ilan/miniforge
     pointer size: 64 bit
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ and can therefore be used as a dictionary key:
 Reference
 =========
 
-bitarray version: 3.7.1 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
+bitarray version: 3.7.2 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
 
 In the following, ``item`` and ``value`` are usually a single bit -
 an integer 0 or 1.
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ This sub-module was added in version 1.2.
    Also, ``a`` may be any object that exposes a writable buffer.
    Nothing about this function is specific to bitarray objects.
 
+   We should mention that Python's ``array.array`` object has a
+   method ``.byteswap()`` with similar functionality.  However, unlike
+   bitarray's ``util.byteswap()`` function, this method is limited to
+   swapping 2, 4, or 8 consecutive bytes.
+
    New in version 3.4
 
 
@@ -838,11 +843,7 @@ This sub-module was added in version 1.2.
    set to one.  Mathematically equivalent to setting (in a bitarray of
    length ``n``) all bits at indices ``random.sample(range(n), k)`` to one.
    The random bitarrays are reproducible when giving Python's ``random.seed()``
-   with a specific seed value.
-
-   This function requires Python 3.9 or higher, as it depends on the standard
-   library function ``random.randbytes()``.  Raises ``NotImplementedError``
-   when Python version is too low.
+   a specific seed value.
 
    New in version 3.6
 

doc/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
+**3.7.2** (2025-10-08):
+
+* enable ``util.random_k()`` for all supported Python versions,
+  previously this functions required Python 3.9 or higher
+* add official Python 3.14 support
+* update cibuildwheel to 3.2.0
+
+
 **3.7.1** (2025-08-28):
 
 * fix type hinting for memoryviews, see `#241 <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/issues/241>`__

doc/reference.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Reference
 =========
 
-bitarray version: 3.7.1 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
+bitarray version: 3.7.2 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
 
 In the following, ``item`` and ``value`` are usually a single bit -
 an integer 0 or 1.
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ This sub-module was added in version 1.2.
    Also, ``a`` may be any object that exposes a writable buffer.
    Nothing about this function is specific to bitarray objects.
 
+   We should mention that Python's ``array.array`` object has a
+   method ``.byteswap()`` with similar functionality.  However, unlike
+   bitarray's ``util.byteswap()`` function, this method is limited to
+   swapping 2, 4, or 8 consecutive bytes.
+
    New in version 3.4
 
 
@@ -520,11 +525,7 @@ This sub-module was added in version 1.2.
    set to one.  Mathematically equivalent to setting (in a bitarray of
    length ``n``) all bits at indices ``random.sample(range(n), k)`` to one.
    The random bitarrays are reproducible when giving Python's ``random.seed()``
-   with a specific seed value.
-
-   This function requires Python 3.9 or higher, as it depends on the standard
-   library function ``random.randbytes()``.  Raises ``NotImplementedError``
-   when Python version is too low.
+   a specific seed value.
 
    New in version 3.6