Prepare v3.8.5. (#2569)

Author: janiversen

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ helps make pymodbus a better product.
 
 :ref:`Authors`: contains a complete list of volunteers have contributed to each major version.
 
+Version 3.8.5
+-------------
+* New simulator is WIP, not to be used. (#2568)
+* dev_id=0 no response expected (returns ExceptionResponse(0xff)). (#2567)
+* New simulator datastore. (#2535)
+
 Version 3.8.4
 -------------
 * Parameterize string encoding in convert_to_registers and convert_from_registers (#2558)

README.rst

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Our releases is defined as X.Y.Z, and we have strict rules what to release when:
 
 Upgrade examples:
 
-- 3.8.1 -> 3.8.3: just plugin the new version, no changes needed.
+- 3.8.1 -> 3.8.5: just plugin the new version, no changes needed.
 - 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 `3.8.4 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.8.4>`_.
+Current release is `3.8.5 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.8.5>`_.
 
 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:
 
-- 3.8.5 bug fix release, with:
+- 3.8.6 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__ = "3.8.4"
+__version__ = "3.8.5"
 __version_full__ = f"[pymodbus, version {__version__}]"