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     <h2 class="post-title">Libcloud 3.8.0 Released</h2>

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     <p>We are happy to announce Libcloud v3.8.0.</p>

 <p>This release includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes.</p>

 <p>Highlights include:</p>

 <ul>
   <li>Performance improvements in the storage drivers</li>
   <li>Removal of 18 drivers for providers that are no longer active (they went
 out of business, have been acquired, or similar).</li>
 </ul>

 <p>A list of all the changes can be found at
 <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-3.8.0">https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-3.8.0</a>.</p>

 <h3 id="development-related-changes-developers-only">Development-Related Changes (developers only)</h3>

 <p>In addition to the end-user visible changes, we have made various changes to our
 development process and practices to better follow and align with modern
 Python development and packaging best practices.</p>

 <ul>
   <li>Tooling (pylint, mypy, bandit, isort, black, etc.) config options have been
 migrated into pyproject.yaml file.</li>
   <li>Package setup and build-related metadata have been migrated from setup.py
 and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml.</li>
   <li>The unsafe “setup.py test” wrapper command has been removed in favor of
 invoking pytest directly.</li>
   <li>The “build” PyPi package is now used for creating release artifacts (sdist, wheel)
 in an isolated virtual environment.</li>
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 changes and how to preserve the old behavior when this is possible
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 <p>Thanks to everyone who contributed and made this release possible! The full
 list of people who contributed to this release can be found in the
 <a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v3.8.0/changelog.html">CHANGES file</a>.</p>

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	<p>We are happy to announce Libcloud v3.8.0.</p>

	<p>This release includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes.</p>

	<p>Highlights include:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Performance improvements in the storage drivers</li>
	<li>Removal of 18 drivers for providers that are no longer active (they went
	out of business, have been acquired, or similar).</li>
	</ul>

	<p>A list of all the changes can be found at
	<a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-3.8.0">https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#changes-in-apache-libcloud-3.8.0</a>.</p>

	<h3 id="development-related-changes-developers-only">Development-Related Changes (developers only)</h3>

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	development process and practices to better follow and align with modern
	Python development and packaging best practices.</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Tooling (pylint, mypy, bandit, isort, black, etc.) config options have been
	migrated into pyproject.yaml file.</li>
	<li>Package setup and build-related metadata have been migrated from setup.py
	and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml.</li>
	<li>The unsafe “setup.py test” wrapper command has been removed in favor of
	invoking pytest directly.</li>
	<li>The “build” PyPi package is now used for creating release artifacts (sdist, wheel)
	in an isolated virtual environment.</li>
	</ul>

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	pip install --upgrade "apache-libcloud==3.8.0"
	</pre>

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

	<p>A page that 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/v3.8.0/">https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v3.8.0/</a></p>

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

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	list of people who contributed to this release can be found in the
	<a href="https://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/v3.8.0/changelog.html">CHANGES file</a>.</p>

	<p>Special thanks to Anthony Monthe - @ZuluPro for contributing driver removal /
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