Merge pull request #11805 from Carreau/wn76+

What's new on 7.6 updates

.mailmap

@@ -1,4 +1,5 b''
 A. J. Holyoake <[e-mail]> ajholyoake <[e-mail]>
+Alok Singh <[e-mail]> Alok Singh <[e-mail]>
 Aaron Culich <[e-mail]> Aaron Culich <[e-mail]>
 Aron Ahmadia <[e-mail]> ahmadia <[e-mail]>
 Benjamin Ragan-Kelley <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

docs/source/whatsnew/version7.rst

@@ -22,8 +22,9 b' Python 3.8.'
      :ghpull:`11720`
    - Unicode names for the completion are loaded lazily on first use which
      should decrease startup time. :ghpull:`11693`
-   - Autoreload now fix the types of reloaded objects; this for example allow
+   - Autoreload now update the types of reloaded objects; this for example allow
      pickling of reloaded objects. :ghpull:`11644`
+   - Fix a big where ``%%time`` magic would suppress cell output. :ghpull:`11716`
 
 
 Prepare migration to pytest (instead of nose) for testing
@@ -51,6 +52,10 b' experience better.'
 Misc
 ----
 
+We skipped the release of 7.6 at the end of May, but will attempt to get back
+on schedule. We are starting to think about making introducing backward
+incompatible change and start the 8.0 series.
+
 Special Thanks to Gabriel (@gpotter2 on GitHub), who among other took care many
 of the remaining task for 7.4 and 7.5, like updating the website.
 

tools/release_helper.sh

@@ -1,13 +1,13 b''
 # Simple tool to help for release
 # when releasing with bash, simplei source it to get asked questions. 
 
-echo -n PREV_RELEASE:
+echo -n 'PREV_RELEASE (X.y.z):'
 read PREV_RELEASE
-echo -n MILESTONE:
+echo -n 'MILESTONE (X.y):'
 read MILESTONE
-echo -n VERSION:
+echo -n 'VERSION (X.y.z):'
 read VERSION
-echo -n branch:
+echo -n 'branch (master|X.y):'
 read branch
 
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