Log Message:
What's new in 8.0.0

Merge to upstream commit 1eb06f31e1dd; relevant code changes:

    Removing the ability for .._for_region methods in shortnumberinfo.py to work \ 
on strings, as well of phone number objects. These have been marked deprecated \ 
for months. Any users of these methods should call phonenumbers.parse first to \ 
create a PhoneNumber object, and pass this in.
    Support semicolon as extension character while parsing phone numbers. This \ 
is not applicable when you are trying to find the phone numbers.

What's new in 7.7.5

Merge to upstream commit e905483f87cf; relevant code changes:

    Removing all references to possible_number_pattern other than in the \ 
metadata itself.

What's new in 7.7.4

Merge to upstream commit fedbc7020703; code changes:

    GitHub project changes:
        Changed tag to vX.Y.Z from release-X.Y.Z; this may affect ports and \ 
derived projects.
    Metadata structure changes in XML file:
        Mobile and Fixed-Line blocks are no longer assumed to inherit missing \ 
data from the GeneralDesc, but are treated like every other phone number type. \ 
This means that for the non-geographical country codes, like +800, the example \ 
number has been moved from generalDesc to the relevant number types, and the \ 
code in getExampleNumberForNonGeoEntity has been changed to look at these \ 
sub-types for an example number. This also means that the "NA" and \ 
"-1" blocks present in the metadata to indicate that no mobile or \ 
fixed-line numbers appear for the entity have been removed. There should no \ 
longer be an exampleNumber at the generalDesc level, but it should be present at \ 
every PhoneNumberDesc with data.
    Code changes:
        Using new possibleLengthInfo to decide whether a short number is the \ 
right length or not. This could result in more specific results; whereas before, \ 
a number from length 3 to length 6 may have been deemed possible, now we may \ 
exclude a number of length 5.
        Add hash (#) as a diallable character. Numbers with # in them will no \ 
longer have formatting applied in format_n_original_format, and \ 
normalize_diallable_chars_only now retains the # symbol.
        example_number_for_non_geo_entity has been changed to look at the \ 
specific number types, not just the generalDesc, for the example numbers; this \ 
is a necessary change after the metadata structure change detailed above.

What's new in 7.7.3

Merge to upstream commit ad0ce0c94501; code changes:

    Fixed phonemetadata.py not to merge from a NumberFormat's unset bool \ 
national_prefix_optional_when_formatting.

What's new in 7.7.2

Merge to upstream commit 2d0d216f6032; code changes:

    Stop setting empty preferred_domestic_carrier_code, and if we are passed \ 
such a number then treat the empty field as if unset.

What's new in 7.7.1

Merge to upstream commit 8c37310deb49; code changes:

    Switching the internal implementation of is_possible_number and related \ 
functions to use the new possibleLengths metadata. This affects a lot of \ 
countries, making is_possible_number more restrictive as more precise data is \ 
available. It also affects parsing ambiguous and invalid numbers, as we decide \ 
whether to strip a possible national prefix (1) or country code based on the \ 
length of the number and whether it is possible before or after this.
    Formatting, naming and comment tweaks to follow style guide
    Removal of unneeded _can_be_geocoded method in the timezone.py file, using \ 
phonenumberutil.py instead

What's new in 7.7.0

Merge to upstream commit 1ec4d341c3cd; no code changes that affect the Python \ 
version so this is just a version bump to stay in sync with upstream.
What's new in 7.6.1

Merge to upstream commit 7cc500f588db; code changes:

    phonemetadata.py has two more fields to represent possible lengths of phone \ 
numbers. Changed buildmetadatafromxml.py to alter the way that metadata about \ 
possible-lengths information is consumed when constructing metadata to populate \ 
these. Discussion list email

What's new in 7.6.0

Merge to upstream commit ddf60b1c175e; code changes:

    Made is_number_geographical() public and added \ 
is_number_type_geographical(), and changed the geocoder to use this when \ 
checking whether to give a detailed answer or country-level only.

What's new in 7.5.0

Merge to upstream commit 3f83454ed62b; no code changes that affect the Python \ 
version so this is just a version bump to stay in sync with upstream.