v3.0.0

[v3.0.0] - 2024-12-19

This major release primarily focuses on the removal of Python 2 compatibility. With that comes improvements for PAM authentication and facilities to help with cleaning up resources on program shutdown.

Changed

• Remove Python 2 compatibility (#480).
• Format codebase using Black formatter (#615).
• Expose keyword parameter for controlling whether the .irodsA file is to be overwritten (#635).
• Check environment variable is defined before use, to avoid SyntaxError (#641).
• Improve documentation (#651, #654).
• Replace use of utcfromtimestamp and utcnow (#670).

Fixed

• Correct faulty GenQuery1 column mappings (#642, #643).
• Escape special characters in passwords for PAM authentication (#649, #650).
• Catch ENOTCONN error from socket.shutdown() on BSD/MacOS (#657).
• Remove call to initialize log facilities on import of irods module (#660).

Added

• Provide mechanism for registering deterministic execution of cleanup functions on program shutdown (#614).
• Add SYS_LIBRARY_ERROR to irods.exception module (#668).