Prepare a new release

Disable Python 3.6, 3.7 CI workflow
as it's no longer supported on Ubuntu 22.04
Update GH Workflows.

Author: droideck

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.7"
           - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           - "pypy3.9"
         image: 
           - "ubuntu-22.04"
-        include:
-          - python-version: "3.6"
-            image: "ubuntu-20.04"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Disable AppArmor
         run: sudo aa-disable /usr/sbin/slapd
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           allow-prereleases: true

.github/workflows/tox-fedora.yml

@@ -9,20 +9,18 @@ jobs:
   tox_test:
     name: Tox env "${{matrix.tox_env}}" on Fedora
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Run Tox tests
       uses: fedora-python/tox-github-action@main
       with:
         tox_env: ${{ matrix.tox_env }}
         dnf_install: >
             @c-development openldap-devel python3-devel
             openldap-servers openldap-clients lcov clang-analyzer valgrind
-            enchant
+            enchant python3-setuptools
     strategy:
       matrix:
         tox_env:
-        - py36
-        - py37
         - py38
         - py39
         - py310
@@ -36,4 +34,4 @@ jobs:
         - doc
 
     # Use GitHub's Linux Docker host
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04

CHANGES

@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+Released 3.4.5 2025-10-08
+
+Fixes:
+* ReconnectLDAPObject now properly reconnects on UNAVAILABLE, CONNECT_ERROR
+  and TIMEOUT exceptions (previously only SERVER_DOWN), fixing reconnection
+  issues especially during server restarts
+* Fixed syncrepl.py to use named constants instead of raw decimal values
+  for result types
+* Fixed error handling in SearchNoOpMixIn to prevent a undefined variable error
+
+Tests:
+* Added comprehensive reconnection test cases including concurrent operation
+  handling and server restart scenarios
+
+Doc/
+* Updated installation docs and fixed various documentation typos
+* Added ReadTheDocs configuration file
+
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
 Released 3.4.4 2022-11-17
 
 Fixes:

Lib/ldap/pkginfo.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 meta attributes for packaging which does not import any dependencies
 """
-__version__ = '3.4.4'
+__version__ = '3.4.5'
 __author__ = 'python-ldap project'
 __license__ = 'Python style'

Lib/ldapurl.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '3.4.4'
+__version__ = '3.4.5'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants

Lib/ldif.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
-__version__ = '3.4.4'
+__version__ = '3.4.5'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants

Lib/slapdtest/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '3.4.4'
+__version__ = '3.4.5'
 
 from slapdtest._slapdtest import SlapdObject, SlapdTestCase, SysLogHandler
 from slapdtest._slapdtest import requires_ldapi, requires_sasl, requires_tls