[Python-announce] iPOPO 3.0.0 released

iPOPO v3.0.0 has been released!

What is iPOPO ?
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iPOPO is a Python-based Service-Oriented Component Model (SOCM) based on
Pelix, a dynamic service platform. They are inspired by two popular Java
technologies for the development of long-lived applications: the iPOJO
component model and the OSGi Service Platform.
iPOPO enables the development of long-running and modular IT services.

It is based on OSGi concepts:
  - Bundle: a Python module imported using Pelix and associated to a
context. A bundle has a life-cycle (install, start, updated, stop,
uninstall)
  - Service: a Python object registered in a service registry, associated
to a specification and to properties.
  - Component: the instance of a class described/manipulated by iPOPO
decorators

Components are bound together by the specification(s) of the service(s)
they provide. The required services are injected into components by iPOPO.

For more information, see https://ipopo.readthedocs.io/

iPOPO is released under the terms of Apache Software License 2.0

What's new in 3.0.0
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* Dropped support for Python 2.7 and versions earlier than 3.10, it's time
to move on
* Kept compatibility with iPOPO 1.0 on API level: it is possible to link
iPOPO v1 and v3 via Remote Services
* Added type hints where possible
* Pelix and iPOPO now support types in specifications
* Documentation updates
* Moved from Travis-CI to GitHub actions to test project against Python
3.10, 3.11 and 3.12

You can take a look at the documentation at https://ipopo.readthedocs.io/
iPOPO is available on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/iPOPO/
Source is available on GitHub: https://github.com/tcalmant/ipopo

Feel free to send feedback on your experience of Pelix/iPOPO, via the
mailing lists:
* Users list: https://groups.google.com/g/ipopo-users
* Developers list: https://groups.google.com/g/ipopo-dev
* GitHub discussions: https://github.com/tcalmant/ipopo/discussions

Have fun!