Last steps for 2.18 release.

Author: Anteru

CHANGES

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Pull request numbers before 2.4.2 are not linked as they refer to the now defunc
 
 Version 2.18.0
 --------------
-(unreleased)
+(released May 4th, 2024)
 
 - New lexers:
 

pygments/__init__.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 """
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 
-__version__ = '2.17.2'
+__version__ = '2.18.0'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
 
 __all__ = ['lex', 'format', 'highlight']

scripts/release-checklist

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release checklist
 * ``tox``
 * ``tox -e check``
 * LATER when configured properly: ``tox -e pylint``
-* Update version in ``pygments/__init__.py``
+* Update version in ``pygments/__init__.py`` (we use ``X.Y.Z``, so a new major release would be ``3.0.0``)
 * Check pyproject.toml metadata: long description, trove classifiers
 * Update release date/code name in ``CHANGES``
 * ``git commit``