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title: Release 0.16.2
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Just a few weeks after our last release, we are releasing MDAnalysis version
0.16.2. The [release notes][notes] list the full details of the changes in this
version. Like the previous one, this release is dedicated to fixing bugs. It
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I wouldn't say it's dedicated to bug fixes, the point of it is the deprecations and we need to be loud about this

also introduces deprecation warnings for changes that will occur in subsequent
versions.

The first feature to be deprecated is the [`Timeseries` module][timeseries]
that will be removed in version 0.17.0. The
[`MDAnalysis.analysis.base.analysis_class`][analysis_class] function can be
used to replace the deprecated `Timeseries`.
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a link to the old 0.16.0 blog posts showing the class would be good here.


Quick selectors are also deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0. You can
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Probably best to give examples of what these are and how to replace them

read the discussion in [issue 1377][issue_1377] to learn how to replace the
different selectors.

Finally, the global [flags][] will disappear in version 1.0 to be replaced with
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more granular keyword arguments in the appropriate methods.

Removing outdated code allows us to keep MDAnalysis robust and consistent. We
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.. as we prepare for 1.0 where features will become frozen

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The interface is going to be frozen. We will hopefully add features.

are confident that these features where not much used or have better
replacement. Come to the [mailing lists][lists] or our [github
repository][github] to join the conversation.

Thank you for all the contributors who reported issues or contributed code to
this version. Thank you also to [Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski][rathmann] for
his first contribution to the code base.

# Upgrade

You can upgrade with `pip install --upgrade MDAnalysis` . If you use the conda
package manager run `conda update -c conda-forge mdanalysis`

[notes]: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis/wiki/ReleaseNotes0162
[timeseries]: http://www.mdanalysis.org/docs/documentation_pages/core/Timeseries.html
[analysis_class]: http://www.mdanalysis.org/docs/documentation_pages/analysis/base.html#MDAnalysis.analysis.base.analysis_class
[issue_1377]: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis/issues/1377
[flags]: http://www.mdanalysis.org/docs/documentation_pages/core/init.html#flags
[rathmann]: https://github.com/rathann
[lists]: http://www.mdanalysis.org/#participating
[github]: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis/