Enhancements

• Add --dry-run option to conda env create (#10635)
• Print warning about pip-installed dependencies only once (#10638)
• Explicit install now respects --download-only flag (#10688)
• Bump vendored tqdm version (#10721)

Bug fixes

• Fix changeps1 handling for PowerShell (#10624)
• Handle unbound $PS1 so sh activation does not fail with set -u (#10701)
• Fix sh activation so $PATH is properly restored on errors (#10631)
• Fix -c option handling so defaults channel is not always re-added (#10735)
• Fix artifact verification-related warnings and errors (#10627, #10677)
• Fix log level used in conda/core/prefix_data.py (#9998)
• Fix log level used when fetching artifact verification metadata (#10621)
• Don't create an unused S3 client at import time (#10516)
• Don't load binstar_client until needed (#10692)
• Reflect dropping of older Python versions in setup.py (#10642)

Docs

• Merge release notes and changelog to reduce maintenance burden (#10745)
• Add mentions to PyPy, Anaconda terms of service (#10329, #10712)
• Update Python versions in examples (#10329, #10744)
• Update install macOS instructions (#10728)

Contributors

• @AlbertDeFusco
• @awwad
• @casperdcl
• @cgranade
• @chenghlee
• @ColemanTom
• @dan-hook
• @dbast
• @ericpre
• @HedgehogCode
• @jamesp
• @jezdez
• @johnhany97
• @lightmare
• @mattip
• @maxerbubba
• @mrakitin
• @stinos
• @thermokarst