New version of PySCard: 2.2.0

I just released a new version of pyscard. PySCard is a python module adding smart cards support (PC/SC) to Python.

The PySCard project is available at:

A big thank to Kurt McKee for all his contributions in this release.

Changes:

2.2.0 (October 2024)

  • patches from Ludovic Rousseau

    • PCSCCardRequest

      • handle KeyboardInterrupt in waitforcard() & waitforcardevent()

      • use a local PC/SC context to avoid locks

    • smartcard.util.padd(): do NOT modify the input parameter

    • CardMonitoring: a timeout exception IS expected

    • Fix pydoctor documentation

    • wx: fix module and examples

    • Minor changes

  • patches from Kurt McKee

    • Remove Python 2 conditional code

    • Eliminate Windows Vista and Windows 7 conditionals

    • Test and improve the synchronization code

    • Test and update the Observer.py code

    • Remove ClassLoader.py

    • Migrate a src/ layout

    • Migrate test/* from unittest to pytest

    • Add missing GSM 03.38 symbols for decoding

    • Support only Python 3.9 and higher

    • Remove the Python 2.x-only Pyro dependency

    • Migrate CI to use the official Coveralls action

    • Standardize local and CI testing to use tox

    • Build wheels in CI for all supported Python versions

    • Build the docs as a part of the test suite

    • Begin to add type annotations to the package

    • Deprecate the HexListToBinString, BinStringToHexList, hl2bs, and bs2hl utility functions

    • Support "64" as an ATR baud rate adjustment integer (ISO 7816-3 2006)