2.5.3.dev2

Hello! This is a preview release for 2.5.3, which should be out in a week or so. Included are the GitHub autogenerated release notes, for the full release we will clean these up to be more human readable.

What's Changed

• 2.5.2.dev2 by @Starbuck5 in #3173
• Start 2.5.3.dev1 by @Starbuck5 in #3174
• Fix TGA save bug, add test by @ankith26 in #3169
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 by @dependabot in #3175
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot in #3176
• Minor fixes and changes to geometry.pyi stub file by @aatle in #3172
• Better meson error on windows when libraries versions are not correct by @bilhox in #3178
• Image module SDL3 support by @Starbuck5 in #3166
• Allow erasing pixels in pygame.Surface.scroll and add repeat functionality by @damusss in #2855
• Include the explicit type in ColorLike and RectLike by @aatle in #3183
• Add main guard to examples (+ incredibly small fixes) by @damusss in #3181
• Bump uraimo/run-on-arch-action from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1 by @dependabot in #3200
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 by @dependabot in #3198
• Fix latest SDL3 and MSYS2 fails by @ankith26 in #3201
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot in #3199
• Ignore new gcc version mask array bounds warning by @ankith26 in #3186
• Fix grammar and formatting in Window docs by @gavinmorrow in #3194
• Start getting base module ready for SDL3 by @Starbuck5 in #3171
• Bump SDL2 to 2.30.9 and SDL3 to 3.1.6 by @ankith26 in #3203
• Correct draw.aaline docs by @Starbuck5 in #3204
• Fix window docs by @Starbuck5 in #3205
• Add dev.py implementing dev command shorthands by @ankith26 in #3128
• Port time, surflock and constants to SDL3 by @ankith26 in #3206
• Add Russian readme by @XORandom in #3138
• Raise minimum supported SDL2 to 2.0.14 by @ankith26 in #3213
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4 by @dependabot in #3220
• Use SequenceLike in geometry stubs by @ankith26 in #3212
• Port event.c to SDL3 by @ankith26 in #3217
• Allow all color types mask.from_threshold and fix typing for PixelArray methods by @damusss in #3164
• Batch and error check allocations by @Starbuck5 in #3224
• Update mixer documentation by @GabrieleLS in #3228
• fixing grammar by @JovialKnoll in #3231
• Fix SDL3 CI apt issues by @ankith26 in #3233
• Utility Window implementation. by @gresm in #3226
• Drop python 3.8 support by @ankith26 in #3143
• Bump docker/metadata-action from 5.5.1 to 5.6.1 by @dependabot in #3241
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.21.3 to 2.22.0 by @dependabot in #3240
• Remove unnecessary calls to PyNumber_Index, PyLong_Checks by @Starbuck5 in #3242
• updated 'in' operator for sys.platform linux check by @sonotopes in #3246
• Draw arc test in draw_test.py by @Akaracy in #3230
• Bump build dependencies and use dev.py on msys2/multiarch CI by @ankith26 in #3211
• Added Line methods and length attribute by @MrRedstone058 in #3179
• Fix failing tests: change Tuple[float, float] to Point in geometry.pyi by @aatle in #3248
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.9.0 to 6.10.0 by @dependabot in #3250
• Deprecate Window foreign kwarg and Window.focus input_only kwarg by @ankith26 in #3234
• Add missing newline in sndarray.rst and cursors.rst by @yunline in #3257
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.2 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #3259
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.4 to 2.0.1 by @dependabot in #3260
• Add BLENDMODE_MUL to constants by @yunline in #3258
• this statement seems to be false, removing by @JovialKnoll in #3263
• Bump SDL2 to 2.30.10 by @ankith26 in #3261
• Optimize pg_Two(Ints/Floats)FromObj by @Starbuck5 in #3214
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot in #3267
• Typo fixes by @Starbuck5 in #3266
• Correct pygame.display stubs by @aatle in #3264
• Docs updates (mainly to mixer) by @Starbuck5 in #3272
• Bump SDL2_image to 2.8.3 by @ankith26 in #3271
• Fix mypy to 1.13.0 to avoid all duplication by @MyreMylar in #3277
• Rename TestTags so it doesn't get confused for a test by @MyreMylar in #3276
• Fix most of the Deprecation Warnings in surfarray_test by @MyreMylar in #3274
• add and modified readme for Traditional Chinese. by @noahcse in #3113
• Port imageext.c to SDL3(_image) by @ankith26 in #3262
• Add runtime support for pygame.sprite.AbstractGroup subscripts by @Matiiss in #3053
• Generate reST/ref docs from python or stub files, move time and cursors docs by @zoldalma999 in #3188
• Document how volume is stored internally for (get|set)_volume functions and methods by @Matiiss in #3091
• Bump SDL to 2.30.11 and SDL_ttf to 2.24.0 by @ankith26 in #3279
• Remove unnecessary lock in gfxdraw by @Starbuck5 in #3280
• event.peek return bool, minor doc/stub fixes by @ankith26 in #3283
• SDL3: restructure cliprect handling in draw.c by @Starbuck5 in #3278
• Bump SDL2_image and SDL3 prerelease by @Starbuck5 in #3286
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.10.0 to 6.11.0 by @dependabot in #3290
• Port key and mouse to SDL3 by @ankith26 in #3207
• Introduce PG_SURF_FORMATENUM macro (SDL3 compat) by @Starbuck5 in #3294
• Drop circleci, use gh actions for arm manylinux by @ankith26 in #3293
• Fix/improve _sdl2 stubs by @ankith26 in #3300
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.11.0 to 6.12.0 by @dependabot in #3299
• Expand init parameters for Window by @damusss in #3295
• Optimize correct colordict entries by @damusss in #3297
• Port window.c to SDL3 by @ankith26 in #3251
• Move get_rect helper to c_api by @MightyJosip in #3303
• Optimize for str hex color values by @ankith26 in #3302
• Bump SDL3 / SDL3_image prebuilts by @Starbuck5 in #3304
• Mask SDL3 by @Starbuck5 in #3307
• Freetype typing fixes, enhancements to dict/tuple/ellipsis typing by @ankith26 in #3301
• Pixelcopy SDL3 by @Starbuck5 in #3308
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 2.1.0 to 2.2.0 by @dependabot in #3313
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.12.0 to 6.13.0 by @dependabot in #3312
• Mark old xType aliases as deprecated by @Starbuck5 in #3288
• Docs fix for time, weird generation in c api by @Starbuck5 in #3316
• General maintenance: Minor dev.py fixes, SDL(2+3) and deps updates by @ankith26 in #3322

New Contributors

• @gavinmorrow made their first contribution in #3194
• @XORandom made their first contribution in #3138
• @GabrieleLS made their first contribution in #3228
• @JovialKnoll made their first contribution in #3231
• @sonotopes made their first contribution in #3246
• @Akaracy made their first contribution in #3230
• @noahcse made their first contribution in #3113

Full Changelog: 2.5.2.dev2...2.5.3.dev2