Prepare v3.1.2

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+version 3.1.2
+----------------------------------------------------------
+* Update README.rst
+* Correct README link. (#1316)
+* More direct readme links for REPL (#1314)
+* Add classifier for 3.11 (#1312)
+* Update README.rst (#1313)
+* Delete ModbusCommonBlock.png (#1311)
+* Add modbus standard to README. (#1308)
+* fix no auto reconnect after close/connect in TCPclient (#1298)
+* Update examples.rst (#1307)
+* var name clarification (#1304)
+* Bump external libraries. (#1302)
+* Reorganize documentation to make it easier accessible (#1299)
+* Simulator documentation (first version). (#1296)
+* Updated datastore Simulator. (#1255)
+* Update links to pydmodbus-dev (#1291)
+* Change riptideio to pymodbus-dev. (#1292)
+* #1258 Avoid showing unit as a seperate command line argument (#1288)
+* Solve docker cache problem. (#1287)
+
+Thanks to:
+
+  Alex,
+  Alexandre CUER,
+  dhoomakethu,
+  jan iversen,
+  peufeu2
+
 version 3.1.1
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 * add missing server.start() (#1282)

README.rst

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Supported versions
 
 Version `2.5.3 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v2.5.3>`_ is the last 2.x release (Supports python 2.7.x - 3.7).
 
-Version `3.1.1 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.1.1>`_ is the current release (Supports Python >=3.8).
+Version `3.1.2 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.1.2>`_ is the current release (Supports Python >=3.8).
 
 .. important::
    All API changes after 3.0.0 are documented in `API_changes.rst <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/blob/dev/API_changes.rst>`_

pymodbus/version.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return f"[{self.package}, version {self.short()}]"
 
 
-version = Version("pymodbus", 3, 1, "x", "")
+version = Version("pymodbus", 3, 1, 2, "")
 version.__name__ = (  # fix epydoc error # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
     "pymodbus"
 )