2.7.0

• IMPORTANT: Python 3.9 or greater is required. If you are using an older
  version, please use an earlier release.
• The vendored libmaxminddb has been updated to 1.12.2.
• The C extension now checks that the database metadata lookup was
  successful.
• A theoretical segmentation fault with the C extension when doing lookups
  on a corrupt or invalid database was fixed.

2.6.3

• The vendored libmaxminddb has been updated to 1.12.0. This fixes a
  memory leak when opening a database fails.
• Binary wheels are now built for Python 3.13.

2.6.2

• The vendored libmaxminddb has been updated to 1.10.0. This fixes a
  bug that would cause incorrect results on databases that had search
  trees greater than 4 GB.

2.6.1

• This release includes no source code changes. The only changes are to
  the release workflow.
• Binary wheels are now built on Linux for aarch64. Pull request by Kevin
  Park. GitHub #160.
• Binary wheels are now built on macOS for Apple silicon. Requested by
  Kevin Park. GitHub #152.

2.6.0

• Added type annotations for instance variables on Metadata
• Updated type stubs for maxminddb.extension.
• setuptools is no longer listed as a runtime dependency. Pull request
  by Lewis Collard. GitHub #155.

2.5.2

• The vendored libmaxminddb version was updated to 1.9.0. This fixes
  an issue when reading databases with a search tree exceeding 2 GB.
  Reported by Sami Salonen. GitHub #146.

2.5.1

• This is a re-release of 2.5.0 to address missing files from the sdist.
  Reported by Lumír 'Frenzy' Balhar. GitHub #132.

2.5.0

• IMPORTANT: Python 3.8 or greater is required. If you are using an older
  version, please use an earlier release.
• Windows is now supported by the C extension.
• The Reader class now implements the __iter__ method. This will
  return an iterator that iterates over all records in the database,
  excluding repeated aliased of the IPv4 network. Requested by
  Jean-Baptiste Braun and others. GitHub #23.
• The multiprocessing test now explicitly uses fork. This allows it
  to run successfully on macOS. Pull request by Theodore Ni. GitHub #116.
• A vendored copy of libmaxminddb will now be used by default when
  building the extension. If you wish to continue using the system shared
  library, you may set the MAXMINDDB_USE_SYSTEM_LIBMAXMINDDB environment
  variable to a true value when building the extension.
• The C extension now builds on Python 3.13.
• The C extension will now be built for PyPy.

2.4.0

• Package metadata was migrated from setup.py to setup.cfg. GitHub
  #113.
• The C extension now decrements the reference count on an object
  containing the database filename after its use in an error message rather
  than before. Pull request by Lumír 'Frenzy' Balhar. GitHub #114.

2.3.0

• IMPORTANT: Python 3.7 or greater is required. If you are using an older
  version, please use an earlier release.
• distutils is no longer used for building the C extension.
• Missing Py_INCREF was added to module initialization for the C
  extension. Pull request by R. Christian McDonald. GitHub #106.