Release 0.13.0

Author: arcivanov

articles/_posts/2021-09-26-pybuilder-github-action.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "PyBuilder GitHub Action Released!"
+categories: [news, 3rd-party]
+tags: [Github Action, CI/CD, release]
+author: arcivanov
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+---
+The first version of [GitHub Action for PyBuilder](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pybuilder-action) has been 
+released!
+
+<!--more-->
+
+This is a one-shot Python build GitHub action for PyBuilder. It drives PyBuilder's own multi-OS build system and 
+serves as a shortcut for the following build chain steps:
+
+1. Checkout code 
+2. Setup Python Environment (optionally via Homebrew)
+3. Create a VirtualEnv 
+4. Install PyBuilder
+5. Run the build
+
+Each step can be skipped or omitted or parameterized.

articles/_posts/2021-09-28-version-0.13-released.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Version 0.13.0 Released!"
+categories: news
+tags: [v0.13.x, release]
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+author: arcivanov
+---
+PyBuilder 0.13.0 has been released deprecating EOL Python support, stabilizing environment orchestration across all 
+major platforms and migrating CI/CD to GitHub Actions.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+Support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 has been discontinued after runtimes having reached end-of-life and becoming 
+unmaintainable.
+
+Due to Python deprecation several plugins have also been removed due to utility abandonment.
+
+Please familiarize yourself with:
+* [v0.13.0 Release Notes](/release-notes/v0.13.x#version-0130)

articles/_release-notes/v0.13.x.md

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+---
+layout: documentation
+title: PyBuilder Release Notes - Versions 0.13.x
+list_title: Versions 0.13.x
+---
+
+# Release Notes - Versions 0.13.x
+
+## Version 0.13.0
+
+### Removed Features
+
+* Removed support for Python 2.7 and 3.5.
+* Removed plugins for utilities no longer maintained:
+  * Frosted
+  * PyChecker
+  * PyTDDMon
+  * Snakefood
+
+### Infrastructure Upgrades
+
+* PyBuilder now builds with GitHub Actions on Linux, Windows and MacOS 10.15 and 11.
+* Migration to VirtualEnv 20+ provided full support for handling complex Windows and MacOS envionments.
+
+### Component & Dependency Upgrades
+* PIP ==21.2.4 (bundled in VirtualEnv)
+* setuptools ==58.1.0 (bundled in VirtualEnv)
+* wheel ==0.37.0 (bundled in VirtualEnv)
+* colorama ==0.4.4
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+* [#797 Registering unpopulated VEnv](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/797)
+* [#795 PyBuilder VEnv manager corrupts plugins venv setuptools](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/795)
+* [#793 StopIteration: (virtualenv/run/plugin/discovery.py:22) with 0.13.0](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/793)
+* [#788 Integration test harness can produce a distro with illegal name due to trailing underscore](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/788)
+* [#777 PyBuilder issue while installing Crypto libs on Mac OS Big Sur](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/777)
+* [#774 pybuilder fails on osx m1](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/774)
+* [#771 OSX + homebrew python@3.9: pybuilder/_vendor/virtualenv.py change_prefix does not consider symlinks, raises invalid AssertionError](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/771)
+* [#770 PyBuilder improperly handles syntactical errors in test being loaded](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/770)
+* [#768 Dereference directory symlink in src/main/python/](https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/issues/768)

index.html

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             from other famous build tools like <em>Apache Maven</em> and <em>Gradle</em>.
         </p>
         <p>
-            <em>PyBuilder</em> runs on Python <strong>2.7 to 3.9 and PyPy</strong>.
-            Every commit is tested on CPython v2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and PyPy on Linux, OSX and Windows
-            via <a href="https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/actions/workflows/pybuilder.yml">GitHub Actions</a>.
+            <em>PyBuilder</em> runs on Python <strong>3.6 to 3.10 and PyPy</strong>.
+            Every commit is tested on CPython 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and PyPy on Linux, MacOS
+            (with and without Homebrew) and Windows via
+            <a href="https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder/actions/workflows/pybuilder.yml">GitHub Actions</a>.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+            <small>v0.12.x still supports Python 2.7, and 3.5 but is no longer maintained, except for critical fixes.</small>
         </p>
         <p>
             <small>v0.11.x still supports Python 2.6, 3.3 and 3.4 but is no longer maintained.</small>