This is the minor release of the new version 3.1.
It adds a modification of the API of the qr-method,
hence the minor release.

changes

• extend API of the qr-method to allow passing image
  parameters in non-native mode
• use version 0.15 and upwards of python-barcode
• fix an issue in the config provider that prevented
  config files to be found when only a path was supplied
• Improve type annotations, usage of six and other
  packaging relevant parts.

contributors

• Patrick Kanzler
• Alexandre Detiste
• tuxmaster
• belono

What's Changed

• prepare next release development cycle by @patkan in #594
• Bump sphinx-rtd-theme from 1.3.0 to 2.0.0 by @dependabot in #596
• add type annotations for escpos image handler by @patkan in #599
• update to newest python-barcode by @patkan in #595
• update capabilities data by @patkan in #601
• allow qr to set all arguments to image by @patkan in #600
• Improve test coverage and fix issue in path loading by @patkan in #602
• Update CHANGELOG.rst by @patkan in #603
• Bump actions/setup-python from 4.7.1 to 4.8.0 by @dependabot in #604
• Bump actions/setup-python from 4.8.0 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot in #605
• argparse is an part of the python core by @tuxmaster in #606
• Refactor to using f-strings by @patkan in #608
• Bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #610
• Python3-six-removal by @a-detiste in #607
• More mypy by @patkan in #612
• improve type annotations in tests by @patkan in #613
• Prepare release 3.1 by @patkan in #614

New Contributors

• @tuxmaster made their first contribution in #606
• @a-detiste made their first contribution in #607

Full Changelog: v3.0...v3.1