New release of Sardana 2.0.0 (Jan16)

The new Sardana release 2.0.0 (corresponding to the Jan16 milestone) is
now available to download from PyPI (source and windows installer):

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sardana/2.0.0

To install from source, download the tarball, untar and run:

% python setup.py install

The documentation is available at:

http://www.sardana-controls.org

The main improvements since sardana 1.6.1 (aka Jul15) are:

- Add HKL support (SEP4)
- Improve support of repeat macro parameters (#3, #466) -
  multiple and/or nested and/or arbitrarily placed repeat parameters are
  allowed now; some external macros may experience backwards incompatibility -
  see docs for more details
- Add support to external recorders (#380, #409, #417) -
  sardana recorder classes and related utilities were relocated -
  some external code based on them may experience backwards incompatibility -
  contact mailing list for more details
- Improve the Door status behaviour (#120, #427)
- Correct PoolPath precedence - now it respects the order (#6) -
  it may change behavior of systems where controller overriding was used
- Add macro tw to standard macros (#437)
- Add possibility to rename pool elements (#430)
- Solve other bugs (#223, #359, #377, #378, #379, #381, #382, #387, #388, #390,
  #394, #403, #406, #411, #415, #424, #425, #431, #447, #449, #451, #453, #454,
  #461)

For a detailed list of solved issues, see:

http://sourceforge.net/p/sardana/tickets/milestone/Jan16/
You can also get the full log of commits, from your local git repo with:

% git log 1.6.1..2.0.0

If you encounter problems installing or running this release, please
report them back to the sardana mailing list:

sardana-users@lists.sourceforge.net

or put a ticket in the sardana project:

http://sourceforge.net/p/sardana/tickets/