Release v2.0.0a0

# Added

* Increased reproducibility of the project, by using `pip-compile` for the development dependencies
  (#28, small bugfix in #39)
* Introduced @dependabot (part of #28)

# Removed

* Support for Python 3.6 & 3.7 (#23)

# Improved

* Migrate setup.py to pyproject.toml (#8)
* Support for Python 3.12 (#3,
  "side effect" of #8)
* Improved reliability of the `FixtureChecker` class (#29)
* Minor CI + License updates (in 29f0c33, e0e529a, 8f56d1c)

Signed-off-by: Stavros Ntentos <133706+stdedos@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: stdedos

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,16 +2,26 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.0.0a0]
+
 ### Added
 
-* Migrate setup.py to pyproject.toml (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/8)
-* Support for Python 3.12 (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/issues/3,
-  "side effect" of https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/8)
+* Increased reproducibility of the project, by using `pip-compile` for the development dependencies
+  (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/28, small bugfix in https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/39)
+* Introduced @dependabot (part of https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/28)
 
 ### Removed
 
 * Support for Python 3.6 & 3.7 (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/23)
 
+### Improved
+
+* Migrate setup.py to pyproject.toml (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/8)
+* Support for Python 3.12 (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/issues/3,
+  "side effect" of https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/8)
+* Improved reliability of the `FixtureChecker` class (https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/pull/29)
+* Minor CI + License updates (in 29f0c33, e0e529a, 8f56d1c)
+
 ## [1.1.7] - 2023-12-04
 
 This is a small release to support additionally Pylint v3.

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pylint-pytest"
-version = "2.0.0rc0"
+version = "2.0.0a0"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 description = "A Pylint plugin to suppress pytest-related false positives."