v8.1.8 Release Plan

[AndreasBackx]

Summary of the status of v8.1.8 included issues and pull requests. I think I'd want to move this to a GitHub project, but this is good enough for now as I don't have access to that.

Pull Requests & Issues

• Fix colored output on Windows (#2606) #2607
  • Needs an additional CHANGES.rst mention.
• Deduplicate --help option definition #2563
• Use subprocess instead of os.system #1477
  • Mostly ready, awaiting a tiny question before ready to merge.
• Pass 'color' explicitly in error echoing #2273
  • Straightforward and includes necessary tests.
• core.py: Make error messages more verbose #2453
  • Straightforward, 2 better error messages.
• Fixes issue #2606 by making color=True behavior agnostic of Operating System. #2731

Potentially Included

• ensure context __exit__ is called during shell completion #2767
  • Moved to 8.2.0 because failing tests and not worth delaying 8.1.8 for.
• More robust check of bash version #2639
• Fix eagerness of help option generated by help_option_names #2811

[kdeldycke]

@AndreasBackx you made excellent work on the upcoming 8.1.8 and 8.2.0 release! Last Click release was 15 months ago, so v8.1.8 looks already good to me to be released as it is. Anything I can help with to have 8.1.8 out?

[AndreasBackx]

The only thing holding 8.1.8 back is my question on #1477. My plan was to otherwise land it as-is. I've been away the last 2 weeks though should be ready to wrap 8.1.8 and 8.2.0 up.

If you want to help, the best way would be to:

1. Leave feedback on the unchecked PR/issue items in the v8.2.0: Release Plan #2789.
2. Join the Pallets Discord where chatting is a bit easier: https://discord.gg/pallets.