Related pr: #399

Documentation: https://python-semver.rtfd.io/en/3.0.0-rc.1/
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/semver/3.0.0rc1/
Full Changelog: 3.0.0-dev.4...3.0.0-rc.1

What's Changed

• tox/pytest: Add testpaths and use importlib by @tomschr in #388
• Trivial: Introduce public Version.NAMES class variable by @tomschr in #389
• Fix pydantic/semver example by @mssalvatore in #392
• Fix: All python -m semver commands fail with 'error: invalid choice:' by @zanecodes in #393
• Fix return type of classmethod parse by @def- in #396
• Fix #344 Allow empty string for bump method by @tomschr in #365
• Fix #397: Remove asterisk in python_requires by @tomschr in #398
• Fix #284: implement "is compatible with" method by @tomschr in #368

Apart from the above issues/pull request, for this release there were made some additional changes:

• Combine all dev releases together in one changelog
• Remove all changelog.d entries and integrate it into CHANGELOG
• Move dev releases to file changelog-semver3-devel.rst
• Split contributing into different sections
• Some doc polishing; use :meth: consistently for semver.Version methods
• Fix also some doc bugs
• Amend list of contributors and sorted alphabetically by lastname
• Correct docstrings on some deprecated functions

New Contributors

• @mssalvatore made their first contribution in #392
• @zanecodes made their first contribution in #393
• @def- made their first contribution in #396

Thanks to all! ❤️