From 834b8cedf5b97f4b05f6acb80712670d9c94df8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Sheppard Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:31:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Final release note --- doc/source/changes/7.0.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/changes/7.0.rst b/doc/source/changes/7.0.rst index 939868d844..355b7c108e 100644 --- a/doc/source/changes/7.0.rst +++ b/doc/source/changes/7.0.rst @@ -1,22 +1,27 @@ Version 7.1 ----------- -Released on 2026-10-15. +Released on 2026-10-16. + +Version 7.1 is a significant release in the 7.x branch. It contains a number +of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. .. rubric:: Highlights - New estimators and tests: :class:`~linearmodels.iv.model.IVJIVE`, first-stage rank tests, a centered J test, the Hausman and Pesaran CD tests for panel models, and panel models that only have effects. -- Many corrections change the numbers that unchanged code produced in 7.0, including the - default bandwidth of the kernel estimators of ``IVGMM``, ``IVGMMCUE`` and +- Many technical corrections change the numbers that that were produced in 7.0. The most important of + these include changes to the default bandwidth of the kernel estimators of ``IVGMM``, ``IVGMMCUE`` and ``IVSystemGMM``, the Fama-MacBeth p-values and the weighted panel and system models. - See *Changes that alter results*. + See :ref:`changes-alter-rubric-target`. +- Increased reliability of weighted estimators including testing post-estimation statistics + for correctness with weights. - Inputs with labels must have the same index as ``dependent`` (or as the first input with labels) in every estimator, and input of the wrong type now raises a clear ``TypeError`` or ``ValueError``. See *Backward-incompatible changes*. -- Python 3.15 is supported. **7.1 is the last release to support Python 3.10 and NumPy - 1.x.** +- Python 3.15 is supported. 7.1 is the final release to support Python 3.10 and NumPy + 1.x. .. rubric:: New features @@ -74,6 +79,9 @@ Released on 2026-10-15. ``import *`` no longer imports the modules and functions that they import (:issue:`765`). + +.. _changes-alter-rubric-target: + .. rubric:: Changes that alter results - :meth:`~linearmodels.iv.results.IVResults.durbin` and