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docs/release.rst

@@ -28,19 +28,28 @@ Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Added support for creating a copy of data when converting a `zarr.Array`
   to a numpy array.
-  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>`
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>` (:issue:`2106`) and 
+  :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` (:issue:`2123`).
 
 Maintenance
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Removed support for Python 3.9.
-  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>`
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>` (:issue:`2074`).
 
 * Fix a regression when using orthogonal indexing with a scalar.
   By :user:`Deepak Cherian <dcherian>` :issue:`1931`
 
 * Added compatibility with numpy 2.1.
   By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>`
 
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Deprecate :class:`zarr.n5.N5Store` and :class:`zarr.n5.N5FSStore`. These
+stores are slated to be removed in Zarr Python 3.0.
+By :user:`Joe Hamman <jhamman>` :issue:`2085`.
+
+
 
 .. _release_2.18.2:
 

zarr/n5.py

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class N5Store(NestedDirectoryStore):
 
     Safe to write in multiple threads or processes.
 
+    .. deprecated:: 2.18.3
+        `N5Store` will be removed in Zarr 3.0.0.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
@@ -332,6 +334,9 @@ class N5FSStore(FSStore):
     storage, and this procedure requires chunk keys with "." separated
     dimensions, hence the Zarr arrays targeting N5 have the deceptive
     "." dimension separator.
+
+    .. deprecated:: 2.18.3
+        `N5FSStore` will be removed in Zarr 3.0.0.
     """
 
     _array_meta_key = "attributes.json"