xlrd 0.8.0 released!

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On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:01:56 AM UTC-4, Chris Withers wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I'm pleased to announce the release of xlrd 0.8.0:
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> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.8.0
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> This release finally lands the support for both .xls and .xlsx files.
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> Many thanks to John Machin for all his work on making this happen.
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> Opening of .xlsx files is seamless, just use xlrd as you did before and 
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> it all should "just work".
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> xlrd 0.8.0 is also the first release that that targets Python 2.6 and 
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> 2.7, but no Python 3 just yet. Python 2.5 and below may work but are not 
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> supported. If you need to use Python 2.5 or earlier, please stick to 
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> xlrd 0.7.x.
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> Speaking of xlrd 0.7.x, that's now in "requested maintenance only" mode 
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> ;-) That means, if possible, use 0.8.x. If you have a really good reason 
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> for sticking with 0.7.x, and you find a bug that you can't work around, 
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> then please make this clear on the python-excel at googlegroups.com and 
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> we'll see what we can do.
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> If you find any problems, please ask about them on the list, or submit 
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> an issue on GitHub:
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> https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd/issues
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> Full details of all things Python and Excel related can be found here:
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> http://www.python-excel.org/
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> cheers,
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> Chris
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Congrats! Being able to read Office 2007 files will be very useful. Looking forward to the Python 3 support.