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+======================================
+ Release notes for nitime version 0.5
+======================================
+
+Summary of changes
+------------------
+
+Major changes introduced in version 0.5 of :mod:`nitime`:
+
+#.  Python 3 support. Work led by Paul Ivanov and Ariel Rokem, with help from Thomas Kluyver, and Matthew Brett.
+
+#.  Multi-taper F-test for harmonic components. Work led by Mike Trumpis.
+
+#.  Continuous integration testing with Travis. Work led by Ariel Rokem.
+
+#.  Various fixes and robustifications from several contributors (see below). 
+
+Contributors to this release
+----------------------------
+
+The following people contributed to this release:
+
+* Ariel Rokem
+* Dmitry Shachnev
+* Eric Larson
+* Mike Trumpis
+* Paul Ivanov
+* endolith
+
+.. Note::
+
+   This list was generated using::
+
+   git log --pretty=format:"* %aN" rel/0.4... | sort | uniq
+
+   Please let us know if you should appear on this list and do not, so that we
+   can add your name in future release notes.
+
+
+Detailed stats from the github repository
+-----------------------------------------
+
+GitHub stats for the last 730 days.  We closed a total of 40 issues, 17 pull
+requests and 23 regular issues; this is the full list (generated with the
+script `tools/github_stats.py`):
+
+Pull Requests (17):
+
+* :ghissue:`124`: Buildbot mpl
+* :ghissue:`114`: This should help the buildbot on older platforms
+* :ghissue:`122`: Mpl units patch
+* :ghissue:`121`: RF: Remove the dependency on external 'six', by integrating that file in
+* :ghissue:`119`: Python3 support!
+* :ghissue:`120`: Pi=py3k
+* :ghissue:`115`: BF: For complex signals, return both the negative and positive spectrum
+* :ghissue:`112`: Mt fix ups
+* :ghissue:`118`: FIX: Pass int
+* :ghissue:`117`: NF: On the way to enabling travis ci.
+* :ghissue:`111`: Use inheritance_diagram.py provided by Sphinx (>= 0.6)
+* :ghissue:`110`: BF + TST: Robustification and testing of utility function.
+* :ghissue:`108`: Doc timeseries
+* :ghissue:`109`: Spectra for multi-dimensional time-series
+* :ghissue:`107`: DOC: fix parameter rendering for timeseries
+* :ghissue:`106`: Fix rst definition list formatting 
+* :ghissue:`105`: FIX: Kmax wrong, BW = bandwidth
+
+Issues (23):
+
+* :ghissue:`116`: Refer to github more prominently on webpage
+* :ghissue:`124`: Buildbot mpl
+* :ghissue:`114`: This should help the buildbot on older platforms
+* :ghissue:`123`: Memory error of  GrangerAnalyzer
+* :ghissue:`122`: Mpl units patch
+* :ghissue:`121`: RF: Remove the dependency on external 'six', by integrating that file in
+* :ghissue:`120`: Pi=py3k
+* :ghissue:`119`: Python3 support!
+* :ghissue:`115`: BF: For complex signals, return both the negative and positive spectrum
+* :ghissue:`112`: Mt fix ups
+* :ghissue:`118`: FIX: Pass int
+* :ghissue:`117`: NF: On the way to enabling travis ci.
+* :ghissue:`113`: Race condition provoked in TimeArray
+* :ghissue:`111`: Use inheritance_diagram.py provided by Sphinx (>= 0.6)
+* :ghissue:`110`: BF + TST: Robustification and testing of utility function.
+* :ghissue:`108`: Doc timeseries
+* :ghissue:`109`: Spectra for multi-dimensional time-series
+* :ghissue:`107`: DOC: fix parameter rendering for timeseries
+* :ghissue:`106`: Fix rst definition list formatting 
+* :ghissue:`105`: FIX: Kmax wrong, BW = bandwidth
+* :ghissue:`30`: Make default behavior for fmri.io.time_series_from_file
+* :ghissue:`84`: Note on examples
+* :ghissue:`93`: TimeArray .prod is borked (because of overflow?)