Release candidate (microsoft#17610)

* Update version

* Update change logs

* Update notice

Author: karthiknadig

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 2021.10.0-rc (4 October 2021)
+
+### Enhancements
+
+1. Set the default value of `python.linting.pylintEnabled` to `false`.
+   ([#3007](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/3007))
+1. Phase out Jedi 0.17, and use Jedi behind a language server protocol as the Jedi option. Remove Jedi-related settings `python.jediMemoryLimit` and `python.jediPath`, since they are not used with the new language server implementation.
+   ([#11995](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/11995))
+1. Add support for dynamic updates in interpreter list.
+   ([#17043](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17043))
+1. Query for fresh workspace envs when autoselecting interpreters in a new workspace.
+   ([#17264](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17264))
+1. Increase Microsoft Python Language Server deprecation prompt frequency and update wording.
+   ([#17361](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17361))
+1. Remove "The Python extension will have limited support for Python 2.7 in the next release" notification.
+   ([#17451](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17451))
+1. Added non-blocking discovery APIs for Jupyter.
+   ([#17452](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17452))
+1. Resolve environments using cache if cache has complete env info.
+   ([#17474](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17474))
+1. Ensure debugger contribution points are turned off when using virtual workspaces.
+   ([#17493](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17493))
+1. Display a notification about the end of Jedi support when using Python 2.7.
+   ([#17512](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17512))
+1. If user has selected an interpreter which is not discovery cache, correctly add it to cache.
+   ([#17575](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17575))
+1. Update to latest version of Jedi LS.
+   ([#17591](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17591))
+1. Update to `vscode-extension-telemetry` 0.4.2.
+   ([#17608](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17608))
+
+### Fixes
+
+1. Don't override user provided `--rootdir` in pytest args.
+   ([#8678](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/8678))
+1. Don't log error during settings migration if settings.json doesn't exist.
+   ([#11354](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/11354))
+1. Fix casing of text in `unittest` patterns quickpick.
+   (thanks [Anupama Nadig](https://github.com/anu-ka))
+   ([#17093](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17093))
+1. Use quickpick details for the "Use Python from `python.defaultInterpreterPath` setting" entry.
+   ([#17124](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17124))
+1. Fix refreshing progress display in the status bar.
+   ([#17338](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17338))
+1. Ensure we do not start a new discovery for an event if one is already scheduled.
+   ([#17339](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17339))
+1. Do not display workspace related envs if no workspace is open.
+   ([#17358](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17358))
+1. Ensure we correctly evaluate Unknown type before sending startup telemetry.
+   ([#17362](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17362))
+1. Fix for unittest discovery failure due to root id mismatch.
+   ([#17386](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17386))
+1. Improve pattern matching for shell detection on Windows.
+   (thanks [Erik Demaine](https://github.com/edemaine/))
+   ([#17426](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17426))
+1. Changed the way of searching left bracket [ in case of subsets of tests.
+   (thanks [ilexei](https://github.com/ilexei))
+   ([#17461](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17461))
+1. Fix hang caused by loop in getting interpreter information.
+   ([#17484](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17484))
+1. Ensure all users use new discovery code regardless of their experiment settings.
+   ([#17563](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17563))
+1. Add timeout when discovery runs `conda info --json` command.
+   ([#17576](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17576))
+
+### Code Health
+
+1. Remove support for `rope`. Refactoring now supported via language servers.
+   ([#10440](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/10440))
+1. Remove `pylintMinimalCheckers` setting. Syntax errors now reported via language servers.
+   ([#13321](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/13321))
+1. Remove `ctags` support. Workspace symbols now supported via language servers.
+   ([#16063](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/16063))
+1. Fix linting for some files in .eslintignore.
+   ([#17181](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17181))
+
 ## 2021.9.3 (20 September 2021)
 
 ### Fixes

ThirdPartyNotices-Distribution.txt

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     "name": "python",
     "displayName": "Python",
     "description": "IntelliSense (Pylance), Linting, Debugging (multi-threaded, remote), Jupyter Notebooks, code formatting, refactoring, unit tests, and more.",
-    "version": "2021.10.0-dev",
+    "version": "2021.10.0-rc",
     "featureFlags": {
         "usingNewInterpreterStorage": true
     },