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@@ -32,3 +32,717 @@ any experience with our code!
 Last but not least @clavedeluna and @nickdrozd became triagers, welcome to the team !
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
+
+What's new in Pylint 2.16.0?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2023-02-01
+
+
+Changes requiring user actions
+------------------------------
+
+- The ``accept-no-raise-doc`` option related to ``missing-raises-doc`` will now
+  be correctly taken into account all the time.
+
+  Pylint will no longer raise missing-raises-doc (W9006) when no exceptions are
+  documented and accept-no-raise-doc is true (issue #7208).
+  If you were expecting missing-raises-doc errors to be raised in that case,
+  you
+  will now have to add ``accept-no-raise-doc=no`` in your configuration to keep
+  the same behavior.
+
+  Closes #7208 (`#7208 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7208>`_)
+
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+- Added the ``no-header`` output format. If enabled with
+  ``--output-format=no-header``, it will not include the module name in the
+  output.
+
+  Closes #5362 (`#5362 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5362>`_)
+
+- Added configuration option ``clear-cache-post-run`` to support server-like
+  usage.
+  Use this flag if you expect the linted files to be altered between runs.
+
+  Refs #5401 (`#5401 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5401>`_)
+
+- Add ``--allow-reexport-from-package`` option to configure the
+  ``useless-import-alias`` check not to emit a warning if a name
+  is reexported from a package.
+
+  Closes #6006 (`#6006 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6006>`_)
+
+- Update ``pyreverse`` to differentiate between aggregations and compositions.
+  ``pyreverse`` checks if it's an Instance or a Call of an object via method
+  parameters (via type hints)
+  to decide if it's a composition or an aggregation.
+
+  Refs #6543 (`#6543 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6543>`_)
+
+
+
+New Checks
+----------
+
+- Adds a ``pointless-exception-statement`` check that emits a warning when an
+  Exception is created and not assigned, raised or returned.
+
+  Refs #3110 (`#3110 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3110>`_)
+
+- Add a ``shadowed-import`` message for aliased imports.
+
+  Closes #4836 (`#4836 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4836>`_)
+
+- Add new check called ``unbalanced-dict-unpacking`` to check for unbalanced
+  dict unpacking
+  in assignment and for loops.
+
+  Closes #5797 (`#5797 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5797>`_)
+
+- Add new checker ``positional-only-arguments-expected`` to check for cases
+  when
+  positional-only arguments have been passed as keyword arguments.
+
+  Closes #6489 (`#6489 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6489>`_)
+
+- Added ``singledispatch-method`` which informs that ``@singledispatch`` should
+  decorate functions and not class/instance methods.
+  Added ``singledispatchmethod-function`` which informs that
+  ``@singledispatchmethod`` should decorate class/instance methods and not
+  functions.
+
+  Closes #6917 (`#6917 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6917>`_)
+
+- Rename ``broad-except`` to ``broad-exception-caught`` and add new checker
+  ``broad-exception-raised``
+  which will warn if general exceptions ``BaseException`` or ``Exception`` are
+  raised.
+
+  Closes #7494 (`#7494 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7494>`_)
+
+- Added ``nested-min-max`` which flags ``min(1, min(2, 3))`` to simplify to
+  ``min(1, 2, 3)``.
+
+  Closes #7546 (`#7546 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7546>`_)
+
+- Extended ``use-dict-literal`` to also warn about call to ``dict()`` when
+  passing keyword arguments.
+
+  Closes #7690 (`#7690 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7690>`_)
+
+- Add ``named-expr-without-context`` check to emit a warning if a named
+  expression is used outside a context like ``if``, ``for``, ``while``, or
+  a comprehension.
+
+  Refs #7760 (`#7760 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7760>`_)
+
+- Add ``invalid-slice-step`` check to warn about a slice step value of ``0``
+  for common builtin sequences.
+
+  Refs #7762 (`#7762 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7762>`_)
+
+- Add ``consider-refactoring-into-while-condition`` check to recommend
+  refactoring when
+  a while loop is defined with a constant condition with an immediate ``if``
+  statement to check for ``break`` condition as a first statement.
+
+  Closes #8015 (`#8015 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8015>`_)
+
+
+
+Extensions
+----------
+
+- Add new extension checker ``dict-init-mutate`` that flags mutating a
+  dictionary immediately
+  after the dictionary was created.
+
+  Closes #2876 (`#2876 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2876>`_)
+
+- Added ``bad-dunder-name`` extension check, which flags bad or misspelled
+  dunder methods.
+  You can use the ``good-dunder-names`` option to allow specific dunder names.
+
+  Closes #3038 (`#3038 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3038>`_)
+
+- Added ``consider-using-augmented-assign`` check for ``CodeStyle`` extension
+  which flags ``x = x + 1`` to simplify to ``x += 1``.
+  This check is disabled by default. To use it, load the code style extension
+  with ``load-plugins=pylint.extensions.code_style`` and add
+  ``consider-using-augmented-assign`` in the ``enable`` option.
+
+  Closes #3391 (`#3391 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3391>`_)
+
+- Add ``magic-number`` plugin checker for comparison with constants instead of
+  named constants or enums.
+  You can use it with ``--load-plugins=pylint.extensions.magic_value``.
+
+  Closes #7281 (`#7281 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7281>`_)
+
+- Add ``redundant-typehint-argument`` message for `typing` plugin for duplicate
+  assign typehints.
+  Enable the plugin to enable the message with:
+  ``--load-plugins=pylint.extensions.typing``.
+
+  Closes #7636 (`#7636 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7636>`_)
+
+
+
+False Positives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix false positive for ``unused-variable`` and ``unused-import`` when a name
+  is only used in a string literal type annotation.
+
+  Closes #3299 (`#3299 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3299>`_)
+
+- Document a known false positive for ``useless-suppression`` when disabling
+  ``line-too-long`` in a module with only comments and no code.
+
+  Closes #3368 (`#3368 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3368>`_)
+
+- ``trailing-whitespaces`` is no longer reported within strings.
+
+  Closes #3822 (`#3822 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3822>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``global-variable-not-assigned`` when a global
+  variable is re-assigned via an ``ImportFrom`` node.
+
+  Closes #4809 (`#4809 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4809>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``use-maxsplit-arg`` with custom split method.
+
+  Closes #4857 (`#4857 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4857>`_)
+
+- Fix ``logging-fstring-interpolation`` false positive raised when logging and
+  f-string with ``%s`` formatting.
+
+  Closes #4984 (`#4984 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4984>`_)
+
+- Fix false-positive for ``used-before-assignment`` in pattern matching
+  with a guard.
+
+  Closes #5327 (`#5327 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5327>`_)
+
+- Fix ``use-sequence-for-iteration`` when unpacking a set with ``*``.
+
+  Closes #5788 (`#5788 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5788>`_)
+
+- Fix ``deprecated-method`` false positive when alias for method is similar to
+  name of deprecated method.
+
+  Closes #5886 (`#5886 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5886>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive ``assigning-non-slot`` when a class attribute is
+  re-assigned.
+
+  Closes #6001 (`#6001 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6001>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``too-many-function-args`` when a function call is
+  assigned to a class attribute inside the class where the function is defined.
+
+  Closes #6592 (`#6592 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6592>`_)
+
+- Fixes false positive ``abstract-method`` on Protocol classes.
+
+  Closes #7209 (`#7209 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7209>`_)
+
+- Pylint now understands the ``kw_only`` keyword argument for ``dataclass``.
+
+  Closes #7290, closes #6550, closes #5857 (`#7290
+  <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7290>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``undefined-loop-variable`` in ``for-else`` loops that
+  use a function
+  having a return type annotation of ``NoReturn`` or ``Never``.
+
+  Closes #7311 (`#7311 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7311>`_)
+
+- Fix ``used-before-assignment`` for functions/classes defined in type checking
+  guard.
+
+  Closes #7368 (`#7368 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7368>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``unhashable-member`` when subclassing ``dict`` and
+  using the subclass as a dictionary key.
+
+  Closes #7501 (`#7501 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7501>`_)
+
+- Fix the message for ``unnecessary-dunder-call`` for ``__aiter__`` and
+  ``__aneext__``. Also
+  only emit the warning when ``py-version`` >= 3.10.
+
+  Closes #7529 (`#7529 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7529>`_)
+
+- Fix ``used-before-assignment`` false positive when else branch calls
+  ``sys.exit`` or similar terminating functions.
+
+  Closes #7563 (`#7563 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7563>`_)
+
+- Fix a false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` for imports guarded by
+  ``typing.TYPE_CHECKING`` later used in variable annotations.
+
+  Closes #7609 (`#7609 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7609>`_)
+
+- Fix a false positive for ``simplify-boolean-expression`` when multiple values
+  are inferred for a constant.
+
+  Closes #7626 (`#7626 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7626>`_)
+
+- ``unnecessary-list-index-lookup`` will not be wrongly emitted if
+  ``enumerate`` is called with ``start``.
+
+  Closes #7682 (`#7682 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7682>`_)
+
+- Don't warn about ``stop-iteration-return`` when using ``next()`` over
+  ``itertools.cycle``.
+
+  Closes #7765 (`#7765 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7765>`_)
+
+- Fixes ``used-before-assignment`` false positive when the walrus operator
+  is used in a ternary operator.
+
+  Closes #7779 (`#7779 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7779>`_)
+
+- Fix ``missing-param-doc`` false positive when function parameter has an
+  escaped underscore.
+
+  Closes #7827 (`#7827 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7827>`_)
+
+- Fixes ``method-cache-max-size-none`` false positive for methods inheriting
+  from ``Enum``.
+
+  Closes #7857 (`#7857 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7857>`_)
+
+- ``multiple-statements`` no longer triggers for function stubs using inlined
+  ``...``.
+
+  Closes #7860 (`#7860 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7860>`_)
+
+- Fix a false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` when a name guarded by
+  ``if TYPE_CHECKING:`` is used as a type annotation in a function body and
+  later re-imported in the same scope.
+
+  Closes #7882 (`#7882 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7882>`_)
+
+- Prevent ``used-before-assignment`` when imports guarded by ``if
+  TYPE_CHECKING``
+  are guarded again when used.
+
+  Closes #7979 (`#7979 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7979>`_)
+
+- Fixes false positive for ``try-except-raise`` with multiple exceptions in one
+  except statement if exception are in different namespace.
+
+  Closes #8051 (`#8051 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8051>`_)
+
+- Fix ``invalid-name`` errors for ``typing_extension.TypeVar``.
+
+  Refs #8089 (`#8089 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8089>`_)
+
+- Fix ``no-kwoa`` false positive for context managers.
+
+  Closes #8100 (`#8100 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8100>`_)
+
+- Fix a false positive for ``redefined-variable-type`` when ``async`` methods
+  are present.
+
+  Closes #8120 (`#8120 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8120>`_)
+
+
+
+False Negatives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Code following a call to  ``quit``,  ``exit``, ``sys.exit`` or ``os._exit``
+  will be marked as `unreachable`.
+
+  Refs #519 (`#519 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/519>`_)
+
+- Emit ``used-before-assignment`` when function arguments are redefined inside
+  an inner function and accessed there before assignment.
+
+  Closes #2374 (`#2374 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2374>`_)
+
+- Fix a false negative for ``unused-import`` when one module used an import in
+  a type annotation that was also used in another module.
+
+  Closes #4150 (`#4150 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4150>`_)
+
+- Flag ``superfluous-parens`` if parentheses are used during string
+  concatenation.
+
+  Closes #4792 (`#4792 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4792>`_)
+
+- Emit ``used-before-assignment`` when relying on names only defined under
+  conditions always testing false.
+
+  Closes #4913 (`#4913 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4913>`_)
+
+- ``consider-using-join`` can now be emitted for non-empty string separators.
+
+  Closes #6639 (`#6639 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6639>`_)
+
+- Emit ``used-before-assignment`` for further imports guarded by
+  ``TYPE_CHECKING``
+
+  Previously, this message was only emitted for imports guarded directly under
+  ``TYPE_CHECKING``, not guarded two if-branches deep, nor when
+  ``TYPE_CHECKING``
+  was imported from ``typing`` under an alias.
+
+  Closes #7539 (`#7539 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7539>`_)
+
+- Fix a false negative for ``unused-import`` when a constant inside
+  ``typing.Annotated`` was treated as a reference to an import.
+
+  Closes #7547 (`#7547 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7547>`_)
+
+- ``consider-using-any-or-all`` message will now be raised in cases when
+  boolean is initialized, reassigned during loop, and immediately returned.
+
+  Closes #7699 (`#7699 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7699>`_)
+
+- Extend ``invalid-slice-index`` to emit an warning for invalid slice indices
+  used with string and byte sequences, and range objects.
+
+  Refs #7762 (`#7762 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7762>`_)
+
+- Fixes ``unnecessary-list-index-lookup`` false negative when ``enumerate`` is
+  called with ``iterable`` as a kwarg.
+
+  Closes #7770 (`#7770 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7770>`_)
+
+- ``no-else-return`` or ``no-else-raise`` will be emitted if ``except`` block
+  always returns or raises.
+
+  Closes #7788 (`#7788 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7788>`_)
+
+- Fix ``dangerous-default-value`` false negative when ``*`` is used.
+
+  Closes #7818 (`#7818 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7818>`_)
+
+- ``consider-using-with`` now triggers for ``pathlib.Path.open``.
+
+  Closes #7964 (`#7964 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7964>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Bug Fixes
+---------------
+
+- Fix bug in detecting ``unused-variable`` when iterating on variable.
+
+  Closes #3044 (`#3044 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3044>`_)
+
+- Fix bug in scanning of names inside arguments to ``typing.Literal``.
+  See https://peps.python.org/pep-0586/#literals-enums-and-forward-references
+  for details.
+
+  Refs #3299 (`#3299 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3299>`_)
+
+- Update ``disallowed-name`` check to flag module-level variables.
+
+  Closes #3701 (`#3701 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3701>`_)
+
+- 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>`_)
+
+- Fix ignored files being linted when passed on stdin.
+
+  Closes #4354 (`#4354 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4354>`_)
+
+- Fix ``no-member`` false negative when augmented assign is done manually,
+  without ``+=``.
+
+  Closes #4562 (`#4562 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4562>`_)
+
+- Any assertion on a populated tuple will now receive a ``assert-on-tuple``
+  warning.
+
+  Closes #4655 (`#4655 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4655>`_)
+
+- ``missing-return-doc``, ``missing-raises-doc`` and ``missing-yields-doc`` now
+  respect
+  the ``no-docstring-rgx`` option.
+
+  Closes #4743 (`#4743 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4743>`_)
+
+- Update ``reimported`` help message for clarity.
+
+  Closes #4836 (`#4836 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4836>`_)
+
+- ``consider-iterating-dictionary`` will no longer be raised if bitwise
+  operations are used.
+
+  Closes #5478 (`#5478 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5478>`_)
+
+- Using custom braces in ``msg-template`` will now work properly.
+
+  Closes #5636 (`#5636 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5636>`_)
+
+- Pylint will now filter duplicates given to it before linting. The output
+  should
+  be the same whether a file is given/discovered multiple times or not.
+
+  Closes #6242, #4053 (`#6242 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6242>`_)
+
+- Remove ``__index__`` dunder method call from ``unnecessary-dunder-call``
+  check.
+
+  Closes #6795 (`#6795 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6795>`_)
+
+- Fixed handling of ``--`` as separator between positional arguments and flags.
+  This was not actually fixed in 2.14.5.
+
+  Closes #7003, Refs #7096 (`#7003
+  <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7003>`_)
+
+- Don't crash on ``OSError`` in config file discovery.
+
+  Closes #7169 (`#7169 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7169>`_)
+
+- Messages sent to reporter are now copied so a reporter cannot modify the
+  message sent to other reporters.
+
+  Closes #7214 (`#7214 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7214>`_)
+
+- Fixed a case where custom plugins specified by command line could silently
+  fail.
+
+  Specifically, if a plugin relies on the ``init-hook`` option changing
+  ``sys.path`` before
+  it can be imported, this will now emit a ``bad-plugin-value`` message. Before
+  this
+  change, it would silently fail to register the plugin for use, but would load
+  any configuration, which could have unintended effects.
+
+  Fixes part of #7264. (`#7264 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7264>`_)
+
+- Update ``modified_iterating`` checker to fix a crash with ``for`` loops on
+  empty list.
+
+  Closes #7380 (`#7380 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7380>`_)
+
+- Update wording for ``arguments-differ`` and ``arguments-renamed`` to clarify
+  overriding object.
+
+  Closes #7390 (`#7390 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7390>`_)
+
+- ``disable-next`` is now correctly scoped to only the succeeding line.
+
+  Closes #7401 (`#7401 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7401>`_)
+
+- Fixed a crash in the ``unhashable-member`` checker when using a ``lambda`` as
+  a dict key.
+
+  Closes #7453 (`#7453 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7453>`_)
+
+- Add ``mailcap`` to deprecated modules list.
+
+  Closes #7457 (`#7457 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7457>`_)
+
+- Fix a crash in the ``modified-iterating-dict`` checker involving instance
+  attributes.
+
+  Closes #7461 (`#7461 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7461>`_)
+
+- ``invalid-class-object`` does not crash anymore when ``__class__`` is
+  assigned alongside another variable.
+
+  Closes #7467 (`#7467 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7467>`_)
+
+- ``--help-msg`` now accepts a comma-separated list of message IDs again.
+
+  Closes #7471 (`#7471 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7471>`_)
+
+- Allow specifying non-builtin exceptions in the ``overgeneral-exception``
+  option
+  using an exception's qualified name.
+
+  Closes #7495 (`#7495 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7495>`_)
+
+- Report ``no-self-argument`` rather than ``no-method-argument`` for methods
+  with variadic arguments.
+
+  Closes #7507 (`#7507 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7507>`_)
+
+- Fixed an issue where ``syntax-error`` couldn't be raised on files with
+  invalid encodings.
+
+  Closes #7522 (`#7522 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7522>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``redefined-outer-name`` when aliasing ``typing``
+  e.g. as ``t`` and guarding imports under ``t.TYPE_CHECKING``.
+
+  Closes #7524 (`#7524 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7524>`_)
+
+- Fixed a crash of the ``modified_iterating`` checker when iterating on a set
+  defined as a class attribute.
+
+  Closes #7528 (`#7528 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7528>`_)
+
+- Use ``py-version`` to determine if a message should be emitted for messages
+  defined with ``max-version`` or ``min-version``.
+
+  Closes #7569 (`#7569 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7569>`_)
+
+- Improve ``bad-thread-instantiation`` check to warn if ``target`` is not
+  passed in as a keyword argument
+  or as a second argument.
+
+  Closes #7570 (`#7570 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7570>`_)
+
+- Fixes edge case of custom method named ``next`` raised an astroid error.
+
+  Closes #7610 (`#7610 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7610>`_)
+
+- Fixed a multi-processing crash that prevents using any more than 1 thread on
+  MacOS.
+
+  The returned module objects and errors that were cached by the linter plugin
+  loader
+  cannot be reliably pickled. This means that ``dill`` would throw an error
+  when
+  attempting to serialise the linter object for multi-processing use.
+
+  Closes #7635. (`#7635 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7635>`_)
+
+- Fix crash that happened when parsing files with unexpected encoding starting
+  with 'utf' like ``utf13``.
+
+  Closes #7661 (`#7661 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7661>`_)
+
+- Fix a crash when a child class with an ``__init__`` method inherits from a
+  parent class with an ``__init__`` class attribute.
+
+  Closes #7742 (`#7742 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7742>`_)
+
+- Fix ``valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg`` default config value from "cls"
+  to "mcs"
+  which would cause both a false-positive and false-negative.
+
+  Closes #7782 (`#7782 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7782>`_)
+
+- Fixes a crash in the ``unnecessary_list_index_lookup`` check when using
+  ``enumerate`` with ``start`` and a class attribute.
+
+  Closes #7821 (`#7821 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7821>`_)
+
+- Fixes a crash in ``stop-iteration-return`` when the ``next`` builtin is
+  called without arguments.
+
+  Closes #7828 (`#7828 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7828>`_)
+
+- 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>`_)
+
+- Fixed a crash when inferring a value and using its qname on a slice that was
+  being incorrectly called.
+
+  Closes #8067 (`#8067 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8067>`_)
+
+- Use better regex to check for private attributes.
+
+  Refs #8081 (`#8081 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8081>`_)
+
+- Fix issue with new typing Union syntax in runtime context for Python 3.10+.
+
+  Closes #8119 (`#8119 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8119>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Changes
+-------------
+
+- Pylint now provides basic support for Python 3.11.
+
+  Closes #5920 (`#5920 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5920>`_)
+
+- Update message for ``abstract-method`` to include child class name.
+
+  Closes #7124 (`#7124 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7124>`_)
+
+- Update Pyreverse's dot and plantuml printers to detect when class methods are
+  abstract and show them with italic font.
+  For the dot printer update the label to use html-like syntax.
+
+  Closes #7346 (`#7346 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7346>`_)
+
+- The ``docparams`` extension now considers typing in Numpy style docstrings
+  as "documentation" for the ``missing-param-doc`` message.
+
+  Refs #7398 (`#7398 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7398>`_)
+
+- Relevant ``DeprecationWarnings`` are now raised with ``stacklevel=2``, so
+  they have the callsite attached in the message.
+
+  Closes #7463 (`#7463 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7463>`_)
+
+- Add a ``minimal`` option to ``pylint-config`` and its toml generator.
+
+  Closes #7485 (`#7485 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7485>`_)
+
+- Add method name to the error messages of ``no-method-argument`` and
+  ``no-self-argument``.
+
+  Closes #7507 (`#7507 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7507>`_)
+
+- Prevent leaving the pip install cache in the Docker image.
+
+  Refs #7544 (`#7544 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7544>`_)
+
+- Add a keyword-only ``compare_constants`` argument to ``safe_infer``.
+
+  Refs #7626 (`#7626 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7626>`_)
+
+- Add ``default_enabled`` option to optional message dict. Provides an option
+  to disable a checker message by default.
+  To use a disabled message, the user must enable it explicitly by adding the
+  message to the ``enable`` option.
+
+  Refs #7629 (`#7629 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7629>`_)
+
+- Sort ``--generated-rcfile`` output.
+
+  Refs #7655 (`#7655 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7655>`_)
+
+- epylint is now deprecated and will be removed in pylint 3.0.0. All emacs and
+  flymake related
+  files were removed and their support will now happen in an external
+  repository :
+  https://github.com/emacsorphanage/pylint.
+
+  Closes #7737 (`#7737 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7737>`_)
+
+- Adds test for existing preferred-modules configuration functionality.
+
+  Refs #7957 (`#7957 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7957>`_)
+
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add and fix regression tests for plugin loading.
+
+  This shores up the tests that cover the loading of custom plugins as affected
+  by any changes made to the ``sys.path`` during execution of an ``init-hook``.
+  Given the existing contract of allowing plugins to be loaded by fiddling with
+  the path in this way, this is now the last bit of work needed to close Github
+  issue #7264.
+
+  Closes #7264 (`#7264 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7264>`_)