Added CHANGELOG for 1.12.2 release (#3676)

Author: philippjfr

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+Version 1.12.2
+==============
+
+This is a minor release with a number of important bug fixes and a
+small number of enhancements. Many thanks to our users for reporting
+these issues, and special thanks to our internal developers
+@philippjfr, @jlstevens and @jonmease and external contributors
+incluing @ahuang11 and @arabidopsis for their contributions to the
+code and the documentation.
+
+Enhancements:
+
+- Add styles argument to draw tool streams to allow cycling colors
+  and other styling when drawing glyphs
+  ([#3612](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3612))
+- Add ability to define alpha on (data)shade operation
+  ([#3611](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3611))
+- Ensure that categorical plots respect Dimension.values order
+  ([#3675](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3675))
+
+Compatibility:
+
+- Compatibility with Plotly 3.8
+  ([#3644](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3644))
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+- Ensure that bokeh server plot updates have the exclusive Document
+  lock ([#3621](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3621))
+- Ensure that Dimensioned streams are inherited on `__mul__`
+  ([#3658](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3658))
+- Ensure that bokeh hover tooltips are updated when dimensions change
+  ([#3609](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3609))
+- Fix DynamicMap.event method for empty streams
+  ([#3564](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3564))
+- Fixed handling of datetimes on Path plots
+  ([#3464](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3464),
+   [#3662](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3662))
+- Ensure that resampling operations do not cause event loops
+  ([#3614](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/issues/3614))
+
+Backward compatibility:
+
+- Added color cycles on Violin and BoxWhisker elements due to earlier
+  regression ([#3592](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3592))
+
 Version 1.12.1
 ==============
 
@@ -43,7 +89,7 @@ Enhancements:
 - Improved support for style mapping constant values via
   `dim.categorize`
   ([#3578](https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3578))
-  
+
 Bug fixes:
 
 - Fixes for colorscales and colorbars

doc/releases.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,53 @@ Release notes
 Version 1.12
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Version 1.12.2
+**************
+
+This is a minor release with a number of important bug fixes and a
+small number of enhancements. Many thanks to our users for reporting
+these issues, and special thanks to our internal developers
+@philippjfr, @jlstevens and @jonmease and external contributors
+incluing @ahuang11 and @arabidopsis for their contributions to the
+code and the documentation.
+
+Enhancements:
+
+-  Add styles argument to draw tool streams to allow cycling colors when
+   drawing glyphs
+   (`#3612 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3612>`__)
+-  Add ability to define alpha on (data)shade operation
+   (`#3611 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3611>`__)
+-  Ensure that categorical plots respect Dimension.values order
+   (`#3675 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3675>`__)
+
+Compatibility:
+
+-  Compatibility with Plotly 3.8
+   (`#3644 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3644>`__)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-  Ensure that bokeh server plot updates have the exclusive Document
+   lock (`#3621 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3621>`__)
+-  Ensure that Dimensioned streams are inherited on ``__mul__``
+   (`#3658 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3658>`__)
+-  Ensure that bokeh hover tooltips are updated when dimensions change
+   (`#3609 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3609>`__)
+-  Fix DynamicMap.event method for empty streams
+   (`#3564 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3564>`__)
+-  Fixed handling of datetimes on Path plots
+   (`#3464 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3464>`__,
+   `#3662 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3662>`__)
+-  Ensure that resampling operations do not cause event loops
+   (`#3614 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/issues/3614>`__)
+
+Backward compatibility:
+
+-  Added color cycles on Violin and BoxWhisker elements due to earlier
+   regression (`#3592 <https://github.com/pyviz/holoviews/pull/3592>`__)
+
+
 Version 1.12.1
 **************