Merge branch '56-update-to-release-version' into dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 ObjectBox Python ChangeLog
 ==========================
 
-4.0.0 (2024-05-16)
+4.0.0 (2024-05-28)
 ------------------
 
 * ObjectBox now supports vector search ("vector database") to enable efficient similarity searches.
   This is particularly useful for AI/ML/RAG applications, e.g. image, audio, or text similarity.
   Other use cases include sematic search or recommendation engines.
   See https://docs.objectbox.io/ann-vector-search for details.
-* Queries: support for Property-based conditions and logic combinations 
-* Convenient "Store" API deprecates ObjectBox and Builder API
+* The definition of entities (aka the data model) is now greatly simplified
+  * Type-specific property classes, e.g. `name: String`, `count: Int64`, `score: Float32`
+  * Automatic ID/UID and model management (i.e. add/remove/rename of entities and properties)
+  * Automatic discovery of @Entity classes
+* Queries: property-based conditions, e.g. `box.query(City.name.starts_with("Be"))`
+* Queries: logical operators, e.g. `box.query(City.name == "Berlin" | City.name == "Munich")`
+* Convenient "Store" API (deprecates ObjectBox and Builder API)
 * New examples added, illustrating an VectorSearch and AI/RAG application
+* Stable flat public API provided by single top-level module objectbox
 * Dependency flatbuffers: Updated to 24.3.50
 * Adjusting the version number to match the core version (4.0); we will be aligning on major versions from now on.
 

README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ ObjectBox Python
 Store Python objects and vectors directly with an easy-to-use CRUD API while enjoying exceptional speed and efficiency.
 And because it's an embedded database, there's no setup required.
 
-Its advanced vector search empowers AI for a variety of applications, including RAG AI, generative AI,
-and similarity searches.
+Its advanced vector search empowers AI applications including RAG, generative AI, and similarity searches.
 
 Designed for high performance, the ObjectBox database runs locally on-device.
 As an offline-first solution, ObjectBox makes sure your app reliably works offline as well as online
@@ -67,12 +66,12 @@ box.remove(person)    # Delete
 
 Getting started
 ---------------
-Latest version: 4.0.0a0 (2024-05-15)
+Latest version: 4.0.0 (2024-05-28)
 
 To install or update the latest version of ObjectBox, run this:
 
 ```bash
-pip install --upgrade --pre objectbox  # "--pre" because you want to get the 4.0.0 alpha version
+pip install --upgrade objectbox
 ```
 Now you are ready to use ObjectBox in your Python project.
 
@@ -82,19 +81,12 @@ and learn how to setup your first entity classes.
 ### Examples
 
 Do you prefer to dive right into working examples?
-We have you covered in the [example](example/) folder.
+We have you covered in the [example](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-python/tree/main/example) folder.
 It comes with a task list application and a vector search example using cities.
 Additionally, for AI enthusiasts, we provide an "ollama" example,
 which integrates a local LLM (via [ollama](https://ollama.com))
 with ObjectBox to manage and search embeddings effectively.
 
-Alpha Notes
------------
-While ObjectBox Python is powered by a rock stable core written in C/C++, we label our Python binding still "alpha."
-We do this to manage expectations as some quality of life improvements are yet to come to our Python binding.
-This is mostly about "model management," which still requires you to do some manual coding setup, e.g. for model IDs.
-The final release will take care of this for you automatically.
-
 Help wanted
 -----------
 ObjectBox for Python is open to contributions.

example/README.md

@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 
 This directory contains a couple of examples that demonstrate capabilities of ObjectBox using the Python API.
 
-As we are currently short before releasing 4.0 version, please install the pre-release version of `objectbox` from PyPI via `pip`; for example, on UN*X-flavour platforms:
-
 ```shell
 cd example # assuming you are in project root dir 
 python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
-pip install --pre objectbox
+pip install objectbox
 ```
 
 The following examples are available from this directory:
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ This example application starts with a pre-defined set of capital cities and the
 It allows to search for nearest neighbors of a city (`city_neighbors`) or by coordinates (`neighbors`) as well as adding more locations (`add`).
 
 ```
-cd example/vector-search-cities
+cd vector-search-cities
 $ python main.py
 
 Welcome to the ObjectBox vectorsearch-cities example. Type help or ? for a list of commands.

example/ollama/README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ based on https://ollama.com/blog/embedding-models
  4. Install Python Bindings and ObjectBox: 
 
         pip install ollama
-        pip install --pre objectbox~=0.7.0a
+        pip install objectbox
 
     Or: 
 

example/ollama/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ollama
-objectbox~=0.7.0a
+objectbox
+

objectbox/__init__.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 ]
 
 # Python binding version
-version = Version(4, 0, 0, alpha=5)
+version = Version(4, 0, 0)
 
 
 def version_info():

objectbox/version.py

@@ -18,17 +18,21 @@
 class Version:
     def __init__(self, major: int, minor: int, patch: int,
                  alpha: Optional[int] = None,
-                 beta: Optional[int] = None):
+                 beta: Optional[int] = None,
+                 rc: Optional[int] = None):
         self.major = major
         self.minor = minor
         self.patch = patch
         self.alpha = alpha
         self.beta = beta
+        self.rc = rc
 
     def __str__(self):
         result = ".".join(map(str, [self.major, self.minor, self.patch]))
         if self.alpha is not None:
             result += f"a{self.alpha}"
         if self.beta is not None:
             result += f"b{self.beta}"
+        if self.rc is not None:
+            result += f"rc{self.rc}"
         return result

setup.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     python_requires='>=3.4, <4',
     license='Apache 2.0',
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",