Publish 0.8

[mulimoen]

For 0.8 we have some major changes and additions:

• DatasetBuilder
• Extents and Selection
• Compression filters
• Attributes

Before we release I'd like to include some additional PRs:

• Use TryFrom over From #147: To remove a non-idiomatic From trait, and simplify the Selection API so we don't have two breaking changes in a row
• Revamp object identifier ownership #139: To fix a memory leak that makes this library unusable for long lived processes

Other pending PRs does not involve breaking changes and can be released as patch bumps.

@aldanor Are there any additional items you would like to see in 0.8?

Closes #164, #168, #170, #172

[aldanor]

@mulimoen Ok, let's try to do it:

#117, #139, #147, #157 - which ones do you think we can squeeze in 0.8? Is there anything else major left hanging?

I'll go over those PRs now and we can try merging things in. If all is fine, I can probably push 0.8 later tonight.

[aldanor]

#156 would also be VERY nice to squeeze in - I'll get on to that now.

[magnusuMET]

#157 would be very nice for inclusion in 0.8, would make the API more accessible for the users. This requires a rebase for #117. I'd be happy to do this when I have access to my personal computer and you've decided on a merging order. #117 would make hdf5-sys a bit clearer for those who are using this directly (although none of the reverse dependencies on crates.io seem very active), and should be just a small change.

(posting from work alt / @mulimoen)

[aldanor]

Perhaps merge #117 in first?

[magnusuMET]

Would make sense, should be little to no conflict for #139 and #147 from this

[mulimoen]

All PRs are rebased against master

[aldanor]

@mulimoen Ok, we've closed all PRs (except the conda one which requires lots of work if we go ahead with it), fixed a bunch new bugs (🤦) and the readme/example will get updated and merged shortly in #178.

Anything else left to do? Otherwise I'll create a version bump PR and maybe clean up the changelog before release, then it should be good to go.