Stop building the QuantLib-Risks alias package

.github/workflows/quantlib-risks.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # - publish to Test PyPI worked (with all build conditions above)
 # - and if it's a version tag (starting with v*)
 #
-# cibuildwheel config: [tool.cibuildwheel] in pyproject.toml; shim/ is built alongside
+# cibuildwheel config: [tool.cibuildwheel] in pyproject.toml
 
 name: QuantLibAAD wheels
 on:
@@ -110,26 +110,8 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/*.tar.gz
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-  build_shim:
-    name: QuantLib-Risks shim
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Build sdist and wheel
-        run: pipx run build --outdir dist shim
-      - name: Check metadata
-        run: pipx run twine check --strict dist/*
-      - name: Upload shim
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: dist-shim
-          path: dist/*
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
   test-publish:
-    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist, build_shim]
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
     if: >-
       github.repository == 'auto-differentiation/QuantLibAAD-Py' &&
       (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- The `QuantLib-Risks` alias package is no longer built: `QuantLib-Risks` 1.44.0 stays on PyPI as
+  its last release; install `QuantLibAAD` instead
+
 ### Added
 
 - Colab notebooks in `notebooks/`: option Greeks and curve risk in one adjoint sweep
 
+
 ## [1.44.0] - 2026-11-12
 
 First release as QuantLibAAD.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ Notes:
 -   Wheels for all supported Python versions are built with
     [cibuildwheel](https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io) (`pipx run cibuildwheel`, configured in
     `pyproject.toml`), the source distribution with `pipx run build --sdist`.
--   `shim/` is the pure-Python `QuantLib-Risks` distribution, a deprecated alias that requires
-    `QuantLibAAD` and re-exports it as `QuantLib_Risks`. Build it with `pipx run build shim`
-    and keep its version and `QuantLibAAD` requirement in sync with `pyproject.toml`.
 
 
 [pr]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/QuantLibAAD-Py/compare/

Python/README.md

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ Useful links:
 pip install QuantLibAAD
 ```
 
-This package was called QuantLib-Risks up to version 1.33.3. `QuantLib-Risks` 1.44 is a
-deprecated alias that installs `QuantLibAAD` and keeps `import QuantLib_Risks` working with a
-`DeprecationWarning`. Anyone pinned to `QuantLib-Risks==1.33.3` must also pin `xad<2`.
+This package was called QuantLib-Risks up to version 1.33.3. `QuantLib-Risks` 1.44.0 is the last
+release under that name: a deprecated alias that installs `QuantLibAAD` 1.44 and keeps
+`import QuantLib_Risks` working with a `DeprecationWarning`; newer versions are QuantLibAAD only.
+Anyone pinned to `QuantLib-Risks==1.33.3` must also pin `xad<2`.
 
 Binary wheels are provided for CPython 3.10 to 3.14 on Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (x86_64, arm64)
 and Windows (x86_64). The package requires the matching [xad](https://pypi.org/project/xad/) release,

README.md

@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ calculations as well as your own.
 
 ### Formerly QuantLib-Risks
 
-This package was called QuantLib-Risks up to version 1.33.3. From 1.44, `QuantLib-Risks`
-is a deprecated alias that installs `QuantLibAAD` and keeps `import QuantLib_Risks` working
-with a `DeprecationWarning`. Please switch to `pip install QuantLibAAD` and
-`import QuantLibAAD`. Anyone pinned to `QuantLib-Risks==1.33.3` must also pin `xad<2`.
+This package was called QuantLib-Risks up to version 1.33.3. `QuantLib-Risks` 1.44.0 is the
+last release under that name: a deprecated alias that installs `QuantLibAAD` 1.44 and keeps
+`import QuantLib_Risks` working with a `DeprecationWarning`. Newer versions are published as
+QuantLibAAD only, so please switch to `pip install QuantLibAAD` and `import QuantLibAAD`.
+Anyone pinned to `QuantLib-Risks==1.33.3` must also pin `xad<2`.
 
 ## Notebooks
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ install.components = ["python"]
 sdist.exclude = [
     ".github",
     "binder",
-    "shim",
     "build",
     "lib/QuantLib/Docs",
     "lib/QuantLib/Examples",