Merge branch '0.24.x'

CHANGES.rst

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Cython Changelog
 ================
 
-0.24 (2016-03-xx)
+0.24 (2016-04-04)
 =================
 
 Features added

Cython/Shadow.py

 # cython.* namespace for pure mode.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = "0.24b0"
+__version__ = "0.24"
 
 try:
     from __builtin__ import basestring

docs/src/quickstart/install.rst

@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ directory, and then run::
 
   python setup.py install
 
-If you have Python setuptools set up on your system, you should be
-able to fetch Cython from PyPI and install it using
+If you have ``pip`` set up on your system (e.g. in a virtualenv or a
+recent Python version), you should be able to fetch Cython from PyPI
+and install it using
 
 ::