Release version 5.0.0rc1

Author: mkrnr

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# v5.0.0rc1 (2025-09-02)
+
+
+## Features
+
+### Linux
+
+- Refactor Uinput to use pipe instead of select with timeout. (#1760)
+- Passthrough keyboard shortcuts. (#1761)
+- Uinput: refactor initialization and cleanup. (#1765)
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+No significant changes.
+
+## API
+
+No significant changes.
+
 # v5.0.0.dev3 (2025-07-14)
 
 

doc/conf.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 copyright = "Open Steno Project"
 author = copyright
 
-release = "5.0.0.dev3"
+release = "5.0.0rc1"
 version = release
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------

news.d/feature/1760.linux.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     # want to translate anyway.
     _ = lambda s: s
 
-__version__ = "5.0.0.dev3"
+__version__ = "5.0.0rc1"
 __copyright__ = "(C) Open Steno Project"
 __url__ = "http://www.openstenoproject.org/"
 __download_url__ = "http://www.openstenoproject.org/plover"