Python Fire v0.7.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2025-08-16 // 6 months ago
  • What's Changed

    • 👉 Use Neutral theme for IPython Inspector, supporting newer IPython versions in #588
    • Call inspectutils.GetClassAttrsDict on component, not None in #606
    • 🚚 Move to pyproject.toml, adding wheel support in pypi
    • 👉 Use ty in place of pytype
    • ⚡️ Update requirements @dependabot[bot]

    Full Changelog : v0.7.0...v0.7.1


Previous changes from v0.7.0

  • 🚀 Notable in this release:

    • 🚀 This release is the first to drop Python 2 support. For Python 2 users, use <= 0.6.0.
    • 🏗 CI improvements from @Borda including dependabot and an expanded build matrix

    What's Changed

    • ➕ adding GH dependabot by @Borda in #432
    • ⚡️ Bump the pip group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #491
    • ⚡️ Update hypothesis requirement from <6.62.0 to <6.100.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #492
    • 🚚 #444: Removed pipes dependency by @BasedDepartment1 in #447
    • ⚡️ Update termcolor requirement from <2.2.0 to <2.5.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #493
    • ⚡️ Update mock requirement from <5.0.0 to <6.0.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #495
    • ⚡️ Update pytest requirement from <=7.2.1 to <=8.1.1 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #494
    • ⚡️ Update pytest-runner requirement from <6.0.0 to <7.0.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #496
    • 🛠 fix typo in dependabot group by @Borda in #497
    • ⚡️ Update setuptools requirement from <=69.1.1 to <=69.2.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #500
    • ⚡️ Update hypothesis requirement from <6.100.0 to <6.101.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #506
    • ⚡️ Update levenshtein requirement from <=0.25.0 to <=0.25.1 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #510
    • 👉 Use ast.Constant for recent Python versions by @wdhongtw in #526
    • ✂ Remove future imports now that we've dropped support for Python 2 by @dbieber in #539
    • remove six: Replace six.string_types and six.integer_types, etc. by @dbieber in #541
    • ✂ Remove sys.version_info checks by @dbieber in #542
    • ⚡️ Update setuptools requirement from <=69.2.0 to <=75.1.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #540
    • Simplify requirements.txt by assuming Python 3 by @dbieber in #543
    • ⚡️ Update hypothesis requirement from <6.101.0 to <6.113.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #544
    • ✂ Remove mock in favor of unittest.mock by @dbieber in #545
    • ⚡️ Update pytest requirement from <=8.1.1 to <=8.3.3 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #546
    • ⚡️ Update label used by dependabot by @dbieber in #547
    • ⚡️ Update levenshtein requirement from <=0.25.1 to <=0.26.0 in /.github/scripts by @dependabot in #548
    • ⬆️ Upgrade pylint version by @dbieber in #549
    • ⚙ Run github action on pull_request by @dbieber in #550
    • ➕ Add current system MSYS check by @bonfy in #278
    • ✂ Remove .format in favor of f-strings by @dbieber in #551
    • ✂ Remove six from console, eliminates six entirely by @dbieber in #552
    • ⚡️ Move asyncio imports and update docs by @dbieber in #553
    • Include Python 3.13 in github actions by @dbieber in #554
    • ⬆️ Continue upgrade of codebase to Python 3 by @dbieber in #556
    • ⚡️ update required Python 3.7 in setup.py by @Borda in #555
    • 👕 Lint improvements and type safety by @dbieber in #558
    • 🏗 ci: expand build matrix for major OS by @Borda in #490
    • Replace Python 2 type hints with real type annotations by @dbieber in #559

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    Full Changelog : v0.6.0...v0.7.0