Version 5.3 released

[Tom Keffer]

Available in the usual places. No breaking changes (that I know of!)

See the Upgrade Guide for how to upgrade.

Change log

Set log-label in sysV init script to 'weewxd-XXX' instead of just 'XXX'

Added rsyslog config example for making logs visible to the group weewx without having to use any privilege escalation.

Allow extra command line options to be passed to an extension installer. Addresses Issue #1041.

Added Astronomical Units as a unit of length. Added local_djd as a unit of local time. PR #998. Thanks to user Karen!

Moved database-specific code into the weedb module. This is in anticipation of allowing new databases to be installed as an extension.

New action weectl database rebuild-daily NAME was added to allow the selective rebuilding of the daily summaries. Addresses Issue #1035.

New action weectl station list-drivers was added to allow the listing of all available device drivers. Fixes Issue #1050.

Language subdirectory lang is now recursively searched for additional translation files. This allows extensions to add any translations they might need.

Converted test suites to use pytest.

New Finish translation for the Seasons skin. Thanks to user iiseppi! PR #1059.

Remove unnecessary UNIQUE index on PRIMARY KEY columns in SQLite, achieving size reduction of ~10%. Existing database schemas are not modified. Users desiring size reduction are advised to consider manually migrating.

Fix problem that prevented weectl database reconfigure from working in cases where a schema was specified.

Fix problem when importing data into a MySQL database. PR #1025. Thanks to user Robert!

Fix problem that prevented weewxd from restarting reliably if a MySQL connection was lost. Fixes Issue #1036.

Add support for kwargs when using .series() tags. PR #1042.

Documentation now uses Zensical.

Fix problem that caused expanded substitutions to be saved when using weectl station reconfigure. Fixes Issue #1068.