zarr-developers
diff --git a/‎.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+1-1 b/‎.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+1-1
diff --git a/‎.github/workflows/releases.yml
+1-1 b/‎.github/workflows/releases.yml
+1-1
diff --git a/‎LICENSE.txt
+1-1 b/‎LICENSE.txt
+1-1
diff --git a/‎README.md
+3-3 b/‎README.md
+3-3
diff --git a/‎TEAM.md
+29 b/‎TEAM.md
+29
diff --git a/‎docs/conf.py
+6-10 b/‎docs/conf.py
+6-10
diff --git a/‎docs/index.rst
+2-2 b/‎docs/index.rst
+2-2
diff --git a/‎docs/installation.rst
+5 b/‎docs/installation.rst
+5
diff --git a/‎docs/release.rst
+33 b/‎docs/release.rst
+33
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Python Version
       description: Version of Python interpreter
-      placeholder: 3.8.5, 3.9, 3.10, etc.
+      placeholder: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 etc.
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: input
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5.2.0
         name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Zarr Developers <https://github.com/zarr-developers>
+Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Zarr Developers <https://github.com/zarr-developers>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@
   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-	<td>Gitter</td>
+	<td>Zulip</td>
 	<td>
-		<a href="https://gitter.im/zarr-developers/community">
-		<img src="https://badges.gitter.im/zarr-developers/community.svg" />
+		<a href="https://ossci.zulipchat.com/">
+		<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg" />
 		</a>
 	</td>
 </tr>
 
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+## Active core-developers
+- @joshmoore (Josh Moore)
+- @jni (Juan Nunez-Iglesias)
+- @rabernat (Ryan Abernathey)
+- @jhamman (Joe Hamman)
+- @d-v-b (Davis Bennett)
+- @jakirkham (jakirkham)
+- @martindurant (Martin Durant)
+- @normanrz (Norman Rzepka)
+- @dstansby (David Stansby)
+- @dcherian (Deepak Cherian)
+- @TomAugspurger (Tom Augspurger)
+
+## Emeritus core-developers
+- @alimanfoo (Alistair Miles)
+- @shoyer (Stephan Hoyer)
+- @ryan-williams (Ryan Williams)
+- @jrbourbeau (James Bourbeau)
+- @mzjp2 (Zain Patel)
+- @grlee77 (Gregory Lee)
+
+## Former core-developers
+- @jeromekelleher (Jerome Kelleher)
+- @tjcrone (Tim Crone)
+- @funkey (Jan Funke)
+- @shikharsg
+- @Carreau (Matthias Bussonnier)
+- @dazzag24
+- @WardF (Ward Fisher)
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@
 
 import sphinx.application
 
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
+
 import zarr
 import sphinx
 
@@ -79,12 +76,11 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "zarr"
-copyright = "2023, Zarr Developers"
+copyright = "2024, Zarr Developers"
 author = "Zarr Developers"
 
-version = zarr.__version__
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = zarr.__version__
+version = get_version("zarr")
+release = get_version("zarr")
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@ def setup(app: sphinx.application.Sphinx) -> None:
 # html_use_smartypants = True
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-# html_sidebars = {}
+html_sidebars = {"tutorial": []}
 
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 # template names.
 
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Zarr-Python
 
 **Version**: |version|
 
-**Download documentation**: `PDF/Zipped HTML/EPUB <https://readthedocs.org/projects/zarr/downloads/>`_
+**Download documentation**: `PDF/Zipped HTML <https://readthedocs.org/projects/zarr/downloads/>`_
 
 **Useful links**:
 `Installation <installation.html>`_ |
 `Source Repository <https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python>`_ |
 `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues>`_ |
-`Gitter <https://gitter.im/zarr-developers/community>`_
+`Zulip Chat <https://ossci.zulipchat.com/>`_
 
 Zarr is a file storage format for chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays based on an open-source specification.
 
 
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Zarr depends on NumPy. It is generally best to `install NumPy
 appropriate for your operating system and Python distribution. Other dependencies should be
 installed automatically if using one of the installation methods below.
 
+Note: Zarr has endorsed `Scientific-Python SPEC 0 <https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/>`_ and now follows the version support window as outlined below: 
+
+- Python: 36 months after initial release
+- Core package dependencies (e.g. NumPy): 24 months after initial release
+
 Install Zarr from PyPI::
 
     $ pip install zarr
 
@@ -303,6 +303,39 @@ Documentation
 * doc: update release notes for 3.0.0.alpha.
   By :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` :issue:`1959`.
 
+.. _release_2.18.3:
+
+2.18.3
+------
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Added support for creating a copy of data when converting a `zarr.Array`
+  to a numpy array.
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>` (:issue:`2106`) and 
+  :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` (:issue:`2123`).
+
+Maintenance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Removed support for Python 3.9.
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>` (:issue:`2074`).
+
+* Fix a regression when using orthogonal indexing with a scalar.
+  By :user:`Deepak Cherian <dcherian>` :issue:`1931`
+
+* Added compatibility with NumPy 2.1.
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>`
+
+* Bump minimum NumPy version to 1.24.
+  :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` (:issue:`2127`).
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Deprecate :class:`zarr.n5.N5Store` and :class:`zarr.n5.N5FSStore`. These
+  stores are slated to be removed in Zarr Python 3.0.
+  By :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` :issue:`2085`.
+
 .. _release_2.18.2:
 
 2.18.2