Changelog: see <https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/605>
Docs: see <https://cyclonedx-bom-tool.readthedocs.io/en/dev-4.0.0/>
Install via: `pip install cyclonedx-bom==4.0.0rc1`
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What's Changed
* feat: bump `cyclonedx-python-lib` to latest RC of `4.0.x` by madpah in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/521
* chore: bumped dev dependenices by madpah in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/525
* BREAKING CHANGE: remove deprecated `cyclonedx-bom` command 488 by madpah in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/526
* Feat: omit development dependencies from SBOM results by tngraf in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/534
* feat: use `cyclonedx-python-lib` `4.0.0` by madpah in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/536
* feat: neutral parsers, omitting done by runner by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/537
* feat: environment licenses as proper SPDX by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/576
* chore(dependencies): bump `cyclonedx-python-lib^4` -> `^4.2` by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/578
* Forwardport from master by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/579
* BC: drop support for python <= 3.7 by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/585
* chore: bump devtools py38 by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/587
* feat: have own version visible everywhere by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/588
* chore: migrate to `python-semantic-release8` by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/589
* chore: bring back docker image releases by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/590
* chore(deps): bump cyclonedx-python-lib by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/599
* Upgrade cdx lib 500rc2 by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/602
* feat: validate output by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/591
* feat!: make all implementation internal by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/607
* chore: own config file for flake8 by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/608
* tests: test for security issues with bandit by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/609
* chore(deps): Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 by dependabot in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/620
* feat!: rewrite CLI and parsers by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/610
* build: Poetry171 by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/639
* chore(deps): bump dev tools by jkowalleck in https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/pull/640
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python/compare/v3.11.7...v4.0.0-rc.1