changelog 4.6.0rc1

Author: msarahan

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## 4.6.0 (unreleased)
 
 ### New Feature Highlights
-* resolve #7053 preview support for conda operability with pip (#7067, #7370, #7710)
+* resolve #7053 preview support for conda operability with pip; disabled by default (#7067, #7370, #7710, #8050)
 * conda initialize (#6518, #7388, #7629)
 * resolve #7194 add '--stack' flag to 'conda activate'; remove max_shlvl
   config (#7195, #7226, #7233)
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 * resolve #7309 deprecate 'conda info package_name' (#7310)
 * remove 'conda clean --source-cache' and defer to conda-build (#7731)
 * resolve #7724 move windows package cache and envs dirs back to .conda directory (#7725)
+* disallow env names with colons (#7801)
 
 ### Improvements
 * import speedups (#7122)
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 * performance improvement to cache __hash__ value on PackageRecord (#7715)
 * resolve #7764 change name of 'condacmd' dir to 'condabin'; use on all platforms (#7773)
 * resolve #7782 implement PEP-440 '~=' compatible release operator (#7783)
-* disable timestamp prioritization (#7894)
+* disable timestamp prioritization when not needed (#7894, #8012)
+* compile pyc files for noarch packages in batches (#8015)
+* disable per-file sha256 safety checks by default; add extra_safety_checks condarc option to enable them (#8017)
+* shorten retries for file removal on windows, where in-use files can't be removed (#8024)
+* expand env vars in ``custom_channels``, ``custom_multichannels``, ``default_channels``, ``migrated_custom_channels``, and ``whitelist_channels`` (#7826)
+* encode repodata to utf-8 while caching, to fix unicode characters in repodata (#7873)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 * fix #7107 verify hangs when a package is corrupted (#7131)
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 * 4.6.0a1 at d5bec21d1f64c3bc66c2999cfc690681e9c46177 on 2018-04-20
 * 4.6.0a2 at c467517ca652371ebc4224f0d49315b7ec225108 on 2018-05-01
 * 4.6.0b0 at 21a24f02b2687d0895de04664a4ec23ccc75c33a on 2018-09-07
+* 4.6.0b1 at 1471f043eed980d62f46944e223f0add6a9a790b on 2018-10-22
+* 4.6.0rc1 at 
 
 ### Contributors
 * @cgranade
 * @fabioz
+* @geremih
 * @goanpeca
 * @jesse-
+* @jjhelmus
 * @kalefranz
+* @makbigc
 * @mandeep
 * @mbargull
 * @msarahan
+* @nehaljwani
 * @ohadravid
+* @teake
 
 
 # 4.5.11 (2018-08-21)