[ +1] Release Apache Libcloud 2.8.0 Also recommend we branch this off to a 2.x branch and start working on master as the 3.x series
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 8:01 AM Tomaz Muraus <to...@apache.org> wrote: > This is a voting thread for Libcloud v2.8.0. > > This release includes various changes, most notable ones being: > > * Distribution now includes "py.typed" file which signals mypy that > this package contains type annotations (currently only for the > base compute API). > * Fix wheel metadata. There was a bug where conditional dependencies > were not specified correctly so it would try to install "typing" > and "enum34" dependency on Python versions where there is not needed. > * Fix "get_driver()" bug / regression not working if the "provided" > argument > was a string and not a Provider ENUM. > > The plan was for v2.7.0 to be the last major release before v3.0.0 which > drops support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.4, but this has changed since > v2.7.0 introduced some small regressions / bugs which needed to be fixed > (we need to have at least one somewhat stable release which will still work > with Python 2.7 and 3.4 for a while to which we can backport any critical > security or other major bug fixes if they arise in the near future). > > If no major issues are found in this release, this will be the > last release before v3.0.0 which drops support for those Python > versions. > > Full list of changes can be found at > > https://github.com/apache/libcloud/blob/trunk/CHANGES.rst#changes-in-apache-libcloud-280 > > Release artifacts can be found at > https://www.tomaz.me/misc/libcloud/v2.8.0/ > > (I uploaded them to non apache server since I had issues with sftp login to > people.apache.org) > > Please test the release and post your votes. > > +/- 1 > [ ] Release Apache Libcloud 2.8.0 > > Vote will be open until December 28th, 2019 (or longer, if needed) > > P.S. Happy holidays and successful 2020 to everyone. >
