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     <h2 class="post-title">Libcloud 2.8.0 released</h2>

   <span class="post-date-author">By Tomaz Muraus on Jan 02, 2020</span>

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     <p>We are pleased to announce the release of Libcloud 2.8.0.</p>

 <p>This release includes various changes, most notable ones being:</p>

 <ul>
   <li>Distribution now includes <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">py.typed</code> file which signals mypy that
 this package contains type annotations (currently only for the
 base compute API).</li>
   <li>Fix wheel metadata. There was a bug where conditional dependencies
 were not specified correctly so it would try to install <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">typing</code>
 and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">enum34</code> dependency on Python versions where there is not needed.</li>
   <li>Fix <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">get_driver()</code> bug / regression not working if the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">provider</code>
 argument was a string and not a Provider ENUM.</li>
 </ul>

 <p>Full change log can be found at
 <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-v2-8-0">https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-v2-8-0</a>.</p>

 <h3 id="dropping-support-for-python-27-and-python-34">Dropping support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.4</h3>

 <p>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.</p>

 <p>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.</p>

 <p>For more information on dropping support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.4, please
 refer to the v2.7.0 release announcement
 <a href="https://libcloud.apache.org/blog/2019/12/09/libcloud-2-7-0-released.html">https://libcloud.apache.org/blog/2019/12/09/libcloud-2-7-0-released.html</a>.</p>

 <h3 id="download">Download</h3>

 <p>The release can can be downloaded from
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 pip install "apache-libcloud==2.8.0"
 </pre>

 <h3 id="upgrading">Upgrading</h3>

 <p>If you have installed Libcloud using pip you can also use it to upgrade it:</p>

 <pre>
 pip install --upgrade "apache-libcloud==2.8.0"
 </pre>

 <h3 id="upgrade-notes">Upgrade notes</h3>

 <p>A page which describes backward incompatible or semi-incompatible
 changes and how to preserve the old behavior when this is possible
 can be found at <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/upgrade_notes.html">https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/upgrade_notes.html</a></p>

 <h3 id="documentation">Documentation</h3>

 <p>Regular and API documentation is available at <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v2.8.0/">https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v2.8.0/</a></p>

 <h3 id="bugs--issues">Bugs / Issues</h3>

 <p>If you find any bug or issue, please report it on our issue tracker
 <a href="https://github.com/apache/libcloud/issues">https://github.com/apache/libcloud/issues</a>.
 Don’t forget to attach an example and / or test which reproduces your
 problem.</p>

 <h3 id="thanks">Thanks</h3>

 <p>Thanks to everyone who contributed and made this release possible! Full
 list of people who contributed to this release can be found in the
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	<p>We are pleased to announce the release of Libcloud 2.8.0.</p>

	<p>This release includes various changes, most notable ones being:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Distribution now includes <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">py.typed</code> file which signals mypy that
	this package contains type annotations (currently only for the
	base compute API).</li>
	<li>Fix wheel metadata. There was a bug where conditional dependencies
	were not specified correctly so it would try to install <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">typing</code>
	and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">enum34</code> dependency on Python versions where there is not needed.</li>
	<li>Fix <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">get_driver()</code> bug / regression not working if the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">provider</code>
	argument was a string and not a Provider ENUM.</li>
	</ul>

	<p>Full change log can be found at
	<a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-v2-8-0">https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-v2-8-0</a>.</p>

	<h3 id="dropping-support-for-python-27-and-python-34">Dropping support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.4</h3>

	<p>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.</p>

	<p>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.</p>

	<p>For more information on dropping support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.4, please
	refer to the v2.7.0 release announcement
	<a href="https://libcloud.apache.org/blog/2019/12/09/libcloud-2-7-0-released.html">https://libcloud.apache.org/blog/2019/12/09/libcloud-2-7-0-released.html</a>.</p>

	<h3 id="download">Download</h3>

	<p>The release can can be downloaded from
	<a href="https://libcloud.apache.org/downloads.html">https://libcloud.apache.org/downloads.html</a> or installed using pip:</p>

	<pre>
	pip install "apache-libcloud==2.8.0"
	</pre>

	<h3 id="upgrading">Upgrading</h3>

	<p>If you have installed Libcloud using pip you can also use it to upgrade it:</p>

	<pre>
	pip install --upgrade "apache-libcloud==2.8.0"
	</pre>

	<h3 id="upgrade-notes">Upgrade notes</h3>

	<p>A page which describes backward incompatible or semi-incompatible
	changes and how to preserve the old behavior when this is possible
	can be found at <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/upgrade_notes.html">https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/upgrade_notes.html</a></p>

	<h3 id="documentation">Documentation</h3>

	<p>Regular and API documentation is available at <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v2.8.0/">https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v2.8.0/</a></p>

	<h3 id="bugs--issues">Bugs / Issues</h3>

	<p>If you find any bug or issue, please report it on our issue tracker
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	Don’t forget to attach an example and / or test which reproduces your
	problem.</p>

	<h3 id="thanks">Thanks</h3>

	<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed and made this release possible! Full
	list of people who contributed to this release can be found in the
	<a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v2.8.0/changelog.html">CHANGES file</a>.</p>


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