update release notes, readme, contributing guide

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
 Testing the build of Jep on the variety of possible platforms and environments
 is difficult. It works well for Linux and OS X.  Building on Windows poses
 unique challenges that have been documented on the [Windows wiki page](https://github.com/mrj0/jep/wiki/Windows).
-If your environment has build problems please search for a solution and post
-your results to the mailing list so it is documented for others with a similar
-environment.
+Please consider documenting build troubles and solutions on the wiki to help
+others.
 
 
-## Reporting issues
+## Seeking help
+
+If you need help using Jep, please first search for existing issues, questions,
+and documentation to see if your question has already been answered.  If you
+can't find the solution, you may open an issue to ask questions.  Please be
+detailed with information surrounding your problem.  Please close the issue
+once the issue is solved to keep down the number of open issues.
 
-Please only report issues that you believe are bugs or feature requests.
-Questions about Jep should be directed to the
-[mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/jep-project).
+
+## Reporting issues
 
 When reporting bugs please include the Python version, Java version, and
 operating system.  It is also helpful if you can recreate or simulate the

README.rst

@@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ Help
 ----
 * `Documentation <https://github.com/ninia/jep/wiki>`_
 * `JavaDoc <https://ninia.github.io/jep/javadoc>`_
-* `Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/jep-project>`_
-* `Known Issues <https://github.com/ninia/jep/issues>`_
+* `Mailing List (deprecated) <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/jep-project>`_
+* `Known Issues and Help <https://github.com/ninia/jep/issues>`_
 * `Contribution Guidelines <https://github.com/ninia/jep/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_
 * `Project Page <https://github.com/ninia/jep>`_
 
 We welcome comments, contributions, bug reports, wiki documentation, etc.
 
+If you need help, please first search for existing solutions online, in the
+the issues, and on the wiki. If you still need help, please open a GitHub issue
+and we will try and help you. Please remember to close the issue once it has
+been resolved.
+
+
 *Jep Team*

release_notes/4.0-notes.rst

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Python buffer objects can be converted to Java arrays
 Python buffer objects such as bytes, bytearray and array.array can be
 converted to java primitive arrays when they are passed from Python to Java.
 
+Redirect streams now supports OutputStreams
+*******************************************
+The redirect streams capability now takes an OutputStream instead of
+automatically redirecting to Java's System.out or System.err.
+
 Internal cleanup and Improvements
 *********************************
 Minor bug fixes, spelling fixes, warning silencing, build compatibility