[+1] Release Apache Libcloud 3.8.0 On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 10:39 AM Tomaz Muraus <to...@tomaz.me> wrote:
> This is a voting thread for Libcloud v3.8.0 ( > https://github.com/apache/libcloud/tree/v3.8.0-tentative). > > The last release was in January 2023 and a lot of changes have accumulated > in trunk > since then. > > Release highlights include removing 18 drivers for providers which are not > active anymore (they have been acquired, went out of business or similar) > and > various performance optimizations in the storage drivers. > > Release also includes various developer and modern Python best practices > related changes: > > * tooling (pylint, mypy, bandit, isort, black, etc.) config options have > been > migrated into pyproject.yaml file > * package setup and build related metadata has been migrated from setup.py > > and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml > * unsafe "setup.py test" wrapper command has been removed in favor of > invoking pytest directly > * "build" PyPi package is now used for creating release artifacts (sdist, > wheel) > in an isolated virtual environment > > In the next minor release (v3.9.0), we also plan to drop support for > Python 3.7 > which is now EOL (https://endoflife.date/python). > > Full changelog can be found at > https://github.com/apache/libcloud/blob/trunk/CHANGES.rst#changes-in-apache-libcloud-380 > > Release artifacts can be found at > https://www.tomaz.me/misc/libcloud/v3.8.0-tentative/index.html > > Please test the release and post your votes. > > +/- 1 > [ ] Release Apache Libcloud 3.8.0 > > Vote will be open until August 9th, 2023 (or longer, if needed).
