Pyrfc

bug-fixes

- import pyrfc fails in Python 3.7 316

Release relevant for Python 3.7 only

enhancements

- Following [PEP-517](https://peps.python.org/pep-0517) and [PEP-518](https://peps.python.org/pep-0518) standards, the direct use of `setup.py` is discouraged and `pyproject.toml` should be used instead. In this release the most of `setup.py` settings are ported to `pyproject.toml`
- In addition:
- Versioning is centralised at single place, in `pyproject.toml` file
- Unit tests are added to validate the build and check the wheel and source distribution content. Build process may be changed in the future, like removing `MANIFEST.in`, following [PEP-518](https://peps.python.org/pep-0518) finalisation

bug fixes

- 9c1310a fix(error-handling): fix pyrfc exception string representation bug in 2.8.1; close 314

enhancements

- fd01d48 build: MANIFEST.in warning fixed
- 0136b2f build(python-versions-update-on-build-systems): python 3.11.3 and 3.10.11

bug fixes

- e683228 fix: release 2.8.0 build from source installation issue; close 313

enhancements

- 9428e0c build: Windows build warnings and build script fix

new features

- 70b072e feat(client): `timeout` option and Connection and Connection.call() level; [SAP/PyRFC/discussions/310](https://github.com/SAP/PyRFC/discussions/310)

bug fixes

- 91a082f fix: name exception in get_function_description, after upgrade to 2.7.2, fix 311
- b9e76cb fix: fix the Decimal export from `pyrfc`

enhancements
- a1c6651 docs: Sphinx documentation added for Throughput, completed for Server
- 6029d5 build: build script for Windows
- e05cd1c build: build script for Darwin and Linux
- 6d65a0a refactor: cython-lint linter added

new features

- Background RFC (bgRFC) server protocol support
- b631488 `pyrfc.set_locale_radix()` method added; few performance improvements

bug fixes

- 549e04f Memory leak fix in iso - sap language conversion methods
- b29b129 New RFC_RC error codes added

enhancements

- 2011708 `RfcParameterDirection` and `RfcFieldType` enumerators
- e5a346f refactor: error messages improvement, closes 299
- 7c81bd3 refactor: Unused stub annotations removed
- a50ddb9 test(unit-tests): exceptions testing re-factored
- b81e03e docs(README): SAP Professional Journal Articles url fix