1. add get_env and has_env functions to ostap/utils/basic.py t…

…o check/access environment variables in case-insensititve way

   1. make use of `get_env` and `has_env` functions alsmost everywhere insted of `os.environ`
   1. small reshuffle of code between `ostap.core.core` and `ostap.utils.basic`
   1. first step towards usage of `ipyparallel` for parallel processing: ad trivial test `test_parallel_ipyparallel.py`
   1. make use of `ipyparallel` parallelisation
   1. add `Ostap::Math;:agm` and `Ostap::Math::ghm` fuctions
   1. improve `ostap/parallel/parallel_ipyparallel.py`
   1. improve printout from `ostap/core/config.py`
   1. add `$OSTAPDIR/.ostaprc` in the list of configuraiton files for processing
   1. provide `$OSTAPDIR/.ostaprc` configuration file
   1. more reshuffling of the code for generic and specific parallelisation
   1. more polishing for the updated configuration
   1. more polishing for the configuration

   1. rename `Parallel` section in configiration files into `Pathos`
   1. rename and move some `pathos` specific code from `ostap/parallel/utils.py` to `ostap/parallel/pathos.py`

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ include(CTest)
 
 set(OSTAP_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(OSTAP_VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set(OSTAP_VERSION_PATCH 5)
-set(OSTAP_VERSION_TWEAK 9)
+set(OSTAP_VERSION_PATCH 6)
+set(OSTAP_VERSION_TWEAK 0)
 
 set(OSTAP_VERSION ${OSTAP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OSTAP_VERSION_MINOR}.${OSTAP_VERSION_PATCH}.${OSTAP_VERSION_TWEAK})
 

ReleaseNotes/release_notes.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# v1.9.6.0
+
 ## New features:
 
    1. add `get_env` and `has_env` functions to `ostap/utils/basic.py` to check/access environment variables in case-insensititve way

ReleaseNotes/v1.9.6.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# v1.9.6.0
+
+## New features:
+
+   1. add `get_env` and `has_env` functions to `ostap/utils/basic.py` to check/access environment variables in case-insensititve way
+   1. make use of `get_env` and `has_env` functions alsmost everywhere insted of `os.environ`
+   1. small reshuffle of code between `ostap.core.core` and `ostap.utils.basic`
+   1. first step towards usage of `ipyparallel` for parallel processing: ad trivial test `test_parallel_ipyparallel.py`
+   1. make use of `ipyparallel` parallelisation
+   1. add `Ostap::Math;:agm` and `Ostap::Math::ghm` fuctions
+   1. improve `ostap/parallel/parallel_ipyparallel.py`
+   1. improve printout from `ostap/core/config.py`
+   1. add `$OSTAPDIR/.ostaprc` in the list of configuraiton files for processing 
+   1. provide `$OSTAPDIR/.ostaprc` configuration file 
+   1. more reshuffling of the code for generic and specific parallelisation 
+   1. more polishing for the updated configuration     
+   1. more polishing for the configuration  
+
+## Backward incompatible:  
+
+   1. rename `Parallel` section in configiration files into `Pathos`
+   1. rename and move some `pathos` specific code from `ostap/parallel/utils.py` to `ostap/parallel/pathos.py`
+
+## Bug fixes: