Prepare v3.7.1 (#2300)

Author: janiversen

.gitignore

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ __pycache__/
 .venv
 .vscode
 .vscode/
-build/
 prof/
-/dist/
+dist/pymodbus*
+build/html
 /pymodbus.egg-info/
 venv
 downloaded_files/

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Thanks to
 - Dominique Martinet
 - Dries
 - duc996
+- efdx
 - Esco441-91
 - Farzad Panahi
 - Fredo70

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ helps make pymodbus a better product.
 
 :ref:`Authors`: contains a complete list of volunteers have contributed to each major version.
 
+Version 3.7.1
+-------------
+* Better error message, when pyserial is missing.
+* Slave=0 will return first response, used to identify device address. (#2298)
+* Feature/add simulator api skeleton (#2274)
+* Correct max. read size for registers. (#2295)
+* Ruff complains, due to upgrade. (#2296)
+* Properly process 'slaves' argument (#2292)
+* Update repl requirement to >= 2.0.4 (#2291)
+* Fix aiohttp < 3.9.0 (#2289)
+* Simplify framer test setup (#2290)
+* Clean up ModbusControlBlock (#2288)
+* example docstrings diag_message -> pdu.diag_message (#2286)
+* Explain version schema (#2284)
+* Add more testing for WriteRegisters. (#2280)
+* Proof for issue 2273. (#2277)
+* Update simulator tests. (#2276)
+
 
 Version 3.7.0
 -------------

build/.gitkeep

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 from pymodbus.pdu import ExceptionResponse
 
 
-__version__ = "3.7.1dev"
+__version__ = "3.7.1"
 __version_full__ = f"[pymodbus, version {__version__}]"