From b117cf0b4bde7f5cffccdd077816b79ca574205b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Thorne <brian@thorne.link>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:05:26 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog for v4.5.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md        | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTORS.txt    |  9 +++++++++
 doc/development.rst |  1 -
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d2581d9d..95e57f21b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+Version 4.5.0
+=============
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* gs_usb command-line support (and documentation updates and stability fixes) by @BenGardiner in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1790
+* Faster and more general MF4 support by @cssedev in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1892
+* ASCWriter speed improvement by @pierreluctg in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1856
+* Faster Message string representation by @pierreluctg in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1858
+* Added Netronic's CANdo and CANdoISO adapters interface by @belliriccardo in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1887
+* Add autostart option to BusABC.send_periodic() to fix issue #1848 by @SWolfSchunk in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1853
+* Improve TestBusConfig by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1804
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* Fix Kvaser timestamp by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1878
+* Set end_time in ThreadBasedCyclicSendTask.start() by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1871
+* Fix regex in _parse_additional_config() by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1868
+* Fix for #1849 (PCAN fails when PCAN_ERROR_ILLDATA is read via ReadFD) by @bures in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1850
+* Period must be >= 1ms for BCM using Win32 API by @pierreluctg in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1847
+* Fix ASCReader Crash on "Start of Measurement" Line by @RitheeshBaradwaj in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1811
+* Resolve AttributeError within NicanError by @vijaysubbiah20 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1806
+
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+* Fix CI by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1889
+* Update msgpack dependency by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1875
+* Add tox environment for doctest by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1870
+* Use typing_extensions.TypedDict on python < 3.12 for pydantic support by @NickCao in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1845
+* Replace PyPy3.8 with PyPy3.10 by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1838
+* Fix slcan tests by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1834
+* Test on Python 3.13 by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1833
+* Stop notifier in examples by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1814
+* Use setuptools_scm by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1810
+* Added extra info for Kvaser dongles by @FedericoSpada in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1797
+* Socketcand: show actual response as well as expected in error by @liamkinne in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1807
+* Refactor CLI filter parsing, add tests by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1805
+* Add zlgcan to docs by @zariiii9003 in https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/pull/1839
+
+
 Version 4.4.2
 =============
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 389d26412..524908dfc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -83,3 +83,12 @@ Felix Nieuwenhuizen
 @felixn
 @Tbruno25
 @RitheeshBaradwaj
+@vijaysubbiah20
+@liamkinne
+@RitheeshBaradwaj
+@BenGardiner
+@bures
+@NickCao
+@SWolfSchunk
+@belliriccardo
+@cssedev
diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
index a8332eeb6..31a7ae077 100644
--- a/doc/development.rst
+++ b/doc/development.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ Creating a new Release
 ----------------------
 
 - Release from the ``main`` branch (except for pre-releases).
-- Update the library version in ``__init__.py`` using `semantic versioning <http://semver.org>`__.
 - Check if any deprecations are pending.
 - Run all tests and examples against available hardware.
 - Update ``CONTRIBUTORS.txt`` with any new contributors.