Getting ready for release 2.0.0 (final)

ANNOUNCE.md

@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@ A fast, compressed and persistent data store library for C.
 
 ## What is new?
 
-On behalf of the Blosc team, we are happy to announce the second C-Blosc2
-release (Release Candidate 2) that is meant to be reviewed by users.  As of RC1
-we are declaring both the API and the format frozen, and we are seeking for
-feedback from the community so as to better check the library and declare it
-apt for its use in production.
-
-In RC2 there is improved support for AArch64 (aka ARM64), ARMv7l, ARMv6l
-and powerpc64le. Thanks to Alexandr Romanenko, Mark Kittisopikul and Mosè Giordano
-from the Julia packaging team for their help.
-
-Also, we have implemented performance improvements in the BloscLZ codec
-and updated different codecs to latest versions (zlib-ng and zstd).
+On behalf of the Blosc team, we are happy to announce the
+2.0.0 release (final) of C-Blosc2.  As of now, both the API and
+the format are declared stable now and hence, apt for its use
+in production.
+
+In this release we have improved several things, but perhaps the most outstanding
+one is the addition of registering plugins.  That allows users of C-Blosc2 to
+produce filters and codecs that are better adapted to their needs.
+We have blogged about it: https://www.blosc.org/posts/registering-plugins/
 
 There are a *lot* of new features in C-Blosc2 compared with C-Blosc, its predecessor.
 Just have a look at [our RC1 blog](https://www.blosc.org/posts/blosc2-ready-general-review/)

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -5,8 +5,28 @@ Release notes for C-Blosc2 2.0.0 (final)
 Changes from 2.0.0.rc2 to 2.0.0 (final)
 =======================================
 
+* Now Blosc is always compiled with LZ4. See #324.
+
+* Implemented a system to register plugins (PR #314).
+  See our blog at: https://www.blosc.org/posts/registering-plugins.
+
+* Added Blosc Lite version. Just activate `BUILD_LITE` cmake option with:
+  `-DBUILD_LITE`.  See #316.
+
+* You can deactivate the plugins by setting cmake option `BUILD_PLUGINS` to OFF.
+
+* Created `include` folder. See #310.
+
+* Moved codecs-registry.h and filters-registry.h to include/blosc2. See #325.
+
+* Fix error in endian-handler function affecting frames metadata. See #320.
+
+* Improved tolerance to Win64 workflows failure. See #319.
+
 * zlib-ng updated to 2.0.5.
 
+* New COMPILING_WITH_WHEELS.rst doc added.
+
 
 Changes from 2.0.0.rc.1 to 2.0.0.rc2
 ====================================

include/blosc2.h

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #define BLOSC_VERSION_MINOR    0    /* for minor interface/format changes  */
 #define BLOSC_VERSION_RELEASE  0    /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
 
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_STRING   "2.0.0-dev0"  /* string version.  Sync with above! */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_STRING   "2.0.0"  /* string version.  Sync with above! */
 #define BLOSC_VERSION_REVISION "$Rev$"   /* revision version */
-#define BLOSC_VERSION_DATE     "$Date:: 2021-05-26 #$"    /* date version */
+#define BLOSC_VERSION_DATE     "$Date:: 2021-06-28 #$"    /* date version */
 
 
 /* Tracing macros */