Release v21.2.9 · aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit

This is a major new release. Some of the highlights include:

Security:

Operating system support:

Drop support for Python 2 #295
Drop support for 32 bits on Windows #335
Add support for Python 64 bits on Windows 64 bits #335
Add support for Python 3.6, 37, 3.8 and 3.9 on Linux, Windows and macOS.
These are now tested on Azure.
Add deprecation message for native Windows support #2366

License scanning:

Improve license detection accuracy with over 8400 new license detection fules
added or updated
Remove the previously deprecated --license-diag option
Include pre-built license index in release archives to speed up start #988
Use SPDX LicenseRef-scancode namespace for all licenses keys not in SPDX
Replace DEJACODE_LICENSE_URL with SCANCODE_LICENSEDB_URL at
https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org #2165

Package scanning:

Add detection of package-installed files
Add analysis of system package installed databases for Debian, OpenWRT and
Alpine Linux packages
Add support for Alpine Linux, Debian, OpenWRT.

Misc.:

Adopt a new calendar date-based versioning for scancode-toolkit version numbers
Update thirdparty dependencies and built-in plugins
Allow installation without extractcode and typecode native plugins. Instead
one can elect to install these or not to have a lighter footprint if needed.
Update configuration and bootstrap scripts to support a new PyPI-like
repository at https://thirdparty.aboutcode.org/pypi/
Create new release scripts to populate released archives with just the
required wheels of a given OS and Python version.
Updated scancode.bat to handle % signs in the arguments #1876

Big thank you to all contributors and in particular:

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