This release introduces a new top-level parameter: `compression`.
It controls compression behavior and partially overlaps with the old `ignore_ext` parameter.
For details, see the README.rst file.
You may continue to use `ignore_ext` parameter for now, but it will be deprecated in the next major release.
- Add warning for recently deprecated s3 parameters (PR [618](https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/pull/618), [mpenkov](https://github.com/mpenkov))
- Add new top-level compression parameter (PR [609](https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/pull/609), [dmcguire81](https://github.com/dmcguire81))
- Drop mock dependency; standardize on unittest.mock (PR [621](https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/pull/621), [musicinmybrain](https://github.com/musicinmybrain))
- Fix to_boto3 method (PR [619](https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/pull/619), [mpenkov](https://github.com/mpenkov))