diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4cf05422..5858658b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2020/03/03 (version 2.0.0)
+2021/01/09 (version 2.0.0)
 
   Update to use Proj 6.x. This allows a user to specify a coordinate
   system using a string consisting of Proj parameters, EPSG code, or
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
   Clean up layout of C++ unit test code. Consolidate files with test
   data.
 
+  Add factory methods for creating spatial database writers to bypass
+  validators that require files to exist. This is a result of using
+  Pyre validators to check that spatial and temporal database file
+  exist (this triggers early notification of any missing spatial or
+  temporal database files).
+
+  Improve continuous integration testing via docker containers for
+  multiple Linux distributions and Travis CI.
+
+  This is the final release for Python 2.7. The next release will only
+  support Python 3.6 and later.
+
 
 2019/07/29 (version 1.10.1)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f85f028..06310980 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AC_INIT([spatialdata], [2.0.0], [baagaard@usgs.gov])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([portinfo])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([./aux-config])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects tar-pax])
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SWIG
diff --git a/tests/pytests/utils/Makefile.am b/tests/pytests/utils/Makefile.am
index 023e532e..02e49912 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/pytests/utils/Makefile.am
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ TESTS = test_utils.py
 dist_check_SCRIPTS = test_utils.py
 
 noinst_PYTHON = \
-	TestChangeCoordSys.py \
-	TestConvertApp.py \
 	TestSpatialdataVersion.py
 
 data_TMP = in.txt out.txt