v2023.09.16

Highlights

• This is the last python-for-android release that targets Python 3.10 by default. The next release will switch to Python 3.11

What's Changed

• Merge master into develop by @misl6 in #2797
• Cffi update by @HyTurtle in #2800
• Use build rather than pep517 for building by @s-t-e-v-e-n-k in #2784
• Bump actions/setup-python and actions/checkout versions, as old ones are deprecated by @misl6 in #2827
• Removes mysqldb recipe as does not support Python 3 by @misl6 in #2828
• Removes Babel recipe as it's not needed anymore. by @misl6 in #2826
• Remove dateutil recipe, as it's not needed anymore by @misl6 in #2829
• Optimize CI runs, by avoiding unnecessary rebuilds by @misl6 in #2833
• Remove pytz recipe, as it's not needed anymore by @misl6 in #2830
• Changed the url to use https as http fails by @kuzeyron in #2846
• vlc: fix build by @T-Dynamos in #2841
• Correct sys_platform by @Julian-O in #2852
• Docs: Fix code string - quickstart.rst by @kulothunganug in #2859
• Bump kivy version to 2.2.1 by @misl6 in #2855
• Use a pinned version of Cython for now, as most of the recipes are incompatible with Cython==3.x.x by @misl6 in #2862
• Automatically generate required pre-requisites by @Julian-O in #2858
• Use platform.uname instead of os.uname by @Julian-O in #2857
• Fix simple typos in comments by @Julian-O in #2863
• build_platform should be all-lowercase by @misl6 in #2864
• Docs: Fix typos and updated command to build apk - README by @kulothunganug in #2860
• Patching cleanup by @Julian-O in #2868
• Python versions: Update documentation & CI testing by @Julian-O in #2869
• Correct check for --sdk option by @Julian-O in #2870
• Factor out dependency checking. Use modern version handling by @Julian-O in #2866
• 🚨 linter fixes by @AndreMiras in #2874
• Remove deprecated FlatDir in Gradle template by @Julian-O in #2876
• Standardise ensure_dir and rmdir by @Julian-O in #2871
• Standardise on move by @Julian-O in #2884
• Use Python's touch() rather than shelling out. by @Julian-O in #2886
• Release 2023.09.16 by @misl6 in #2891

New Contributors

• @s-t-e-v-e-n-k made their first contribution in #2784
• @T-Dynamos made their first contribution in #2841
• @Julian-O made their first contribution in #2852
• @kulothunganug made their first contribution in #2859

Full Changelog: v2023.05.21...v2023.09.16