Agreed. This will make it easier for us to backport any fix, if needed. And this way I can also merge the drop Python 2.7 and 3.4 PR which is now more or less finished .
On Mon, 23 Dec 2019, 22:45 anthony shaw <anthony.p.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > [ +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. > > >
