Prepare v3.8.4. (#2564)

Author: janiversen

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Thanks to
 - andrew-harness
 - banana-sun
 - Blaise Thompson
+- Breina
 - CapraTheBest
 - cgernert
 - corollaries
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ Thanks to
 - peufeu2
 - Philip Couling
 - Philip Jones
+- Robin Trabert
 - Qi Li
 - Sebastian Machuca
 - Sefa Keleş

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ helps make pymodbus a better product.
 
 :ref:`Authors`: contains a complete list of volunteers have contributed to each major version.
 
+Version 3.8.4
+-------------
+* Parameterize string encoding in convert_to_registers and convert_from_registers (#2558)
+* Fix client modbus function calls in remote by adding count as keyword argument (#2563)
+* Fix exception text in ModbusPDU.validateAddress (#2551)
+* Typo arround `no_response_expected` (#2550)
+* Trace new connection in server. (#2549)
+* Add trace to server.
+* Update misleading DATATYPE text. (#2547)
+* Fix pylint.
+* Clarify server usage.
+* Solve instable transaction testing. (#2538)
+
 Version 3.8.3
 -------------
 * Remove deprecate from payload. (#2532)

MAKE_RELEASE.rst

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Prepare/make release on dev.
    * Control / Update API_changes.rst
    * Update CHANGELOG.rst
       * Add commits from last release, but selectively !
-        git log --oneline v3.8.3..HEAD > commit.log
-        git log --pretty="%an" v3.8.3..HEAD | sort -uf > authors.log
+        git log --oneline v3.8.4..HEAD > commit.log
+        git log --pretty="%an" v3.8.4..HEAD | sort -uf > authors.log
         update AUTHORS.rst and CHANGELOG.rst
         cd doc; ./build_html
    * rm -rf build/* dist/*

README.rst

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Upgrade examples:
 - 3.7.1 -> 3.8.0: Smaller changes to the pymodbus calls might be needed
 - 2.5.4 -> 3.0.0: Major changes in the application might be needed
 
-Current release is `3.8.3 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.8.3>`_.
+Current release is `3.8.4 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.8.4>`_.
 
 Bleeding edge (not released) is `dev <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/tree/dev>`_.
 

doc/source/_static/examples.tgz

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ It is the community that decides how pymodbus evolves NOT the maintainers !
 
 The following bullet points are what the maintainers focus on:
 
-- 3.8.4 bug fix release, with:
+- 3.8.5 bug fix release, with:
     - Currently not planned
 - 3.9.0, with:
     - All of branch wait_next_api

doc/source/_static/examples.zip

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 from pymodbus.pdu import ExceptionResponse
 
 
-__version__ = "4.0.0dev"
+__version__ = "3.8.4"
 __version_full__ = f"[pymodbus, version {__version__}]"