- Feature: [read and write](https://petl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/io.html#remote-i-o-helper-classes) from files in [remote](https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#implementations) [servers/clouds](https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#other-known-implementations) using [fsspec](https://github.com/intake/filesystem_spec) package.
- Removed sources and codecs created in v1.5.0 as all cases are handled by `fsspec`.
- Fixed bug in connection to a JDBC database using jaydebeapi in 427