Bump pylint to 2.15.9, update changelog (#7952)v2.15.9

7 files changed, 36 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
index ecbbf8f79..e7099876e 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,40 @@ Marc Byrne became a maintainer, welcome to the team !
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+What's new in Pylint 2.15.9?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2022-12-17
+
+
+False Positives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix false-positive for ``used-before-assignment`` in pattern matching
+  with a guard.
+
+  Closes #5327 (`#5327 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5327>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Bug Fixes
+---------------
+
+- Pylint will no longer deadlock if a parallel job is killed but fail
+  immediately instead.
+
+  Closes #3899 (`#3899 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3899>`_)
+
+- When pylint exit due to bad arguments being provided the exit code will now
+  be the expected ``32``.
+
+  Refs #7931 (`#7931 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7931>`_)
+
+- Fixes a ``ModuleNotFound`` exception when running pylint on a Django project
+  with the ``pylint_django`` plugin enabled.
+
+  Closes #7938 (`#7938 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7938>`_)
+
+
 What's new in Pylint 2.15.8?
 ----------------------------
 Release date: 2022-12-05
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/3899.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/3899.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index ed0ad3859..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/3899.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Pylint will no longer deadlock if a parallel job is killed but fail
-immediately instead.
-
-Closes #3899
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5327.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5327.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cac649f8..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5327.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix false-positive for ``used-before-assignment`` in pattern matching
-with a guard.
-
-Closes #5327
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7931.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7931.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index fe42346f4..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7931.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-When pylint exit due to bad arguments being provided the exit code will now be the expected ``32``.
-
-Refs #7931
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7938.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7938.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cffb9d1f..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7938.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fixes a ``ModuleNotFound`` exception when running pylint on a Django project with the ``pylint_django`` plugin enabled.
-
-Closes #7938
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 41e2bda8c..9bcdadb07 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It's updated via tbump, do not modify.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.15.8"
+__version__ = "2.15.9"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index e38f0e53f..db284a4b0 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.15.8"
+current = "2.15.9"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.