Changelog for version 2.0.0

Author: jrfnl

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This projects adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) and [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+### 2.0.0-alpha1 - 2025-10-21
+
+* Composer: The PHPCompatibility dependency has been updated to the recently released 10.0.0-alpha1 version.
+    Note: in select cases, this means that custom `<exclude>` rules in a project's `[.]phpcs.xml[.dist]` configuration file may needs to be updated.
+    Along the same lines, selective `// phpcs:ignore` comments used inline may need to be updated with the new sniff code(s).
+    For full information on these kind of changes, please refer to the [Upgrade guide for PHPCompatibility 10.0.0][phpcompat-wiki-upgrade-10].
+* The [Composer PHPCS plugin] will now be installed automatically to register PHPCompatibility and other external standards with PHP_CodeSniffer.
+    If you have a `require-dev` in place for this plugin in your own `composer.json`, it is strongly recommended to remove this to prevent conflicting version constraints.
+    If you previously used another Composer plugin, manually set the `installed_paths` configuration, or set the `installed_paths` in your `[.]phpcs.xml[.dist]` configuration file, it is recommended you remove this in favour of letting the [Composer PHPCS plugin] handle this.
+* Support for PHP 5.3 has been dropped. The new minimum supported PHP version is 5.4.
+* Support for PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0 has been added.
+* Support for PHP_CodeSniffer < 3.13.3 has been dropped.
+
 ## [1.0.6] - 2025-10-18
 
 This is a maintenance release.
@@ -31,8 +44,8 @@ This is a maintenance release.
 
 * The recommended version of the [Composer PHPCS plugin] is now `^0.7.0`, which offers compatibility with Composer 2.0.
 * The ruleset is now also tested against PHP 7.4 and 8.0.
-    Note: full PHP 7.4 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer 3.5.6.
-    Note: runtime PHP 8.0 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer 3.5.7, full support is expected in PHP_CodeSniffer 3.6.0.
+    Note: full PHP 7.4 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer >= 3.5.6.
+    Note: runtime PHP 8.0 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer >= 3.5.7, full support is expected in PHP_CodeSniffer 3.6.0.
 
 ## [1.0.2] - 2019-08-29
 
@@ -49,7 +62,8 @@ This is a maintenance release.
 
 Initial release of the PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat ruleset.
 
-[Composer PHPCS plugin]: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer/
+[Composer PHPCS plugin]:     https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer/
+[phpcompat-wiki-upgrade-10]: https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/wiki/Upgrading-to-PHPCompatibility-10.0
 
 [1.0.6]:      https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat/compare/1.0.5...1.0.6
 [1.0.5]:      https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat/compare/1.0.4...1.0.5