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Released: 2023-12-12

- markers

 - Fix 209: use legacy version implementation for Python versions.

- tests

 - Fix 204: use symlinks in venv creation during test.

 - Fix 208: handle deprecation removals in Python 3.13.

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Released: 2023-07-17

- database

 - Handle newlines when parsing metadata.

- markers

 - Use version comparison logic for python_full_version. Thanks to Albert
   Peschar for the patch.

 - Simplify code with a set comprehension. Thanks to Christian Clauss for
   the patch.

- scripts

 - Fix shebang computation for source builds of Python. Thanks to Eli
   Schwartz for the patch.

- util

 - Extract tarfiles more safely by incorporating tarfile filters. Thanks to
   Petr Viktorin for the patch.

 - Check for 'has_cert' attribute before using it. Thanks to Lumir Balhar for
   the patch.

 - Fix 203: Handle parsing of export entries to allow script names such as
   "," or ",foo". Thanks to Flavio Amurrio for the report.

- versions

 - Fix 200: Improve conformance to PEP440. Thanks to GitHub user con-f-use
   for the report.

In addition to the above, an SPDX license identifier is now used.

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Released: 2022-08-26

- scripts

 - Fixed 175: Updated launcher executables to better handle the relationship
   between launcher and child process in the Job API.

~~~~~

Released: 2022-07-14

- database

 - Fixed 170: Corrected implementation of ``get_required_dists()``.

- index

 - Updated coverage pragmas for tests relating to obsolete PyPI APIs.

- locators

 - Changed the default locator configuration.

- metadata

 - Updates in support of PEP 643 / Metadata 2.2.

- scripts

 - Updated launcher executables. Thanks to Michael Bikovitsky for his help with
   the launcher changes.

 - Fixed 164: Improved support for reproducible builds by allowing a fixed
   date/time to be inserted into created .exe files. Thanks to Somber Night for the
   patch.

- util

 - Fixed 161: Updated test case.

- wheel

 - Updated to write archive path of RECORD to RECORD instead of staging path.
   Thanks to Pieter Pas for the patch.

 - Fixed 169: Removed usage of deprecated imp module in favour of importlib.

 - Fixed 172: Compute ABI correctly for Python < 3.8.

In addition to the above, setup.py was replaced by setup.cfg and pyproject.toml.

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Released: 2021-12-08

- database

 - Fixed 153: Raise warnings in get_distributions() if bad metadata seen, but keep
   going.

- markers

 - Fixed 154: Determine Python versions correctly for Python >= 3.10.

- scripts

 - Updated launcher executables.

Code relating to support for Python 2.6 was also removed.