3.6.0 -- 2018-10-23
-------------------

You can view the `3.6.0 milestone`_ on GitHub for more details.

New Dependency Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- pycodestyle has been updated to >= 2.4.0, < 2.5.0 (See also :issue:`1068`,
  :issue:`652`, :issue:`869`, :issue:`881`, :issue:`1239`)

- Pyflakes has been updated to >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.0 (See also :issue:`655`,
  :issue:`883`)

- flake8 requires python 2.x >= 2.7 or python 3.x >= 3.4 (See also
  :issue:`876`)

Features
~~~~~~~~

- Add ``paths`` to allow local plugins to exist outside of ``sys.path`` (See
  also :issue:`1067`, :issue:`1237`)

- Copy ``setup.cfg`` files to the temporary git hook execution directory (See
  also :issue:`1299`)

- Only skip a file if ``# flake8: noqa`` is on a line by itself (See also
  :issue:`259`, :issue:`873`)

- Provide a better user experience for broken plugins (See also :issue:`1178`)

- Report ``E902`` when a file passed on the command line does not exist (See
  also :issue:`645`, :issue:`878`)

- Add ``--extend-ignore`` for extending the default ``ignore`` instead of
  overriding it (See also :issue:`1061`, :issue:`1180`)

Bugs Fixed
~~~~~~~~~~

- Respect a formatter's newline setting when printing (See also :issue:`1238`)

- Fix leaking of processes in the legacy api (See also :issue:`650`,
  :issue:`879`)

- Fix a ``SyntaxWarning`` for an invalid escape sequence (See also
  :issue:`1186`)

- Fix ``DeprecationWarning`` due to import of ``abc`` classes from the
  ``collections`` module (See also :issue:`887`)

- Defer ``setuptools`` import to improve flake8 startup time (See also
  :issue:`1190`)

- Fix inconsistent line endings in ``FileProcessor.lines`` when running under
  python 3.x (See also :issue:`263`, :issue:`889`)


.. all links
.. _3.6.0 milestone:
    https://github.com/pycqa/flake8/milestone/20