[+1] Release Apache Libcloud 2.8.0
> On Dec 23, 2019, at 3:00 PM, 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.
