1.2.0 numpy interop breaking changes & a lot of re-factoring

This is the last major version supporting Python 2.7. Next major one 1.3.0 will be Python3 only.

• Remove all automatic imports of numpy, and make numpy interop opt-in. By @bennyrowland.
• Move and redefine generating module functions for fixing cross imports. By @junkmd.
• Refactor creating __all__ part in codegenerator.Generator.generate_code. By @junkmd.
• Quit calling GetModule from tools.codegenerator. By @junkmd.
• Commonize module-creating functions. By @junkmd.
• Shorten the lifetime of io.StringIO used for code generation. By @junkmd.
• Fix import source of Array from _ctypes to ctypes. By @junkmd.
• Add for_stub mode to ImportedNamespaces.getvalue. By @junkmd.
• Remove monkeypatch_COMError. By @junkmd.
• Remove CodeGenerator.need_GUID. By @junkmd.
• Carve out CodeGenerator.type_name method to TypeNamer class. By @junkmd.
• Add __known_symbols__ attributes. By @junkmd.
• Remove CodeGenerator.type_name calls no longer needed and rename to _to_type_name. By @junkmd.
• Change _fix_inout_args to module-level top level function. By @junkmd.
• Fix docstring from DispInterfaceHead. By @junkmd.
• ...METHOD and ...PROPERTY return _MemberSpecs instead of tuples. By @junkmd.
• Make generating ...property DRY. By @junkmd.
• Refactor _MemberSpec stuffs and separate modules. By @junkmd.
• Carve out make_...Method and make_...Property of codegenerator. By @junkmd.
• Removed extra space in typeinfo.IRecordInfo._methods_. By @j0ker70.
• Add type annotations to many modules. By @junkmd.
• Fix type annotations in many modules. By @j0ker70, @muddi900, and @junkmd.
• Delint setup.py. By @jaraco.
• Add CONTRIBUTING.md. By @junkmd.
• Modernize README.md style. By @junkmd.
• Add announcements of plan for renaming master branch to main and dropping Python2 to README.md. By @junkmd.

1.1.14

• Fix SyntaxError in generated docstring. Thanks @junkmd.

1.1.13

• Many fixes in code generator. Thanks @junkmd.
• Make tests runnable on AppVeyor CI. Many improvements in tests. Thanks @junkmd and @dmwyatt.
• Update (bound_)named_property args and attributes names to be similar to builtin property. Thanks @junkmd.
• Refactor function GetModule and fix type lib timestamping for incomplete generated module. Thanks @junkmd.
• Fix recent numpy versions support. Thanks @mworion.
• Split Constants into a separate module. Thanks @junkmd.
• client.GetModule can take a one liner containing lib UUID. Thanks @junkmd.
• Use Generator.imports instead of Generator._externals. Thanks @junkmd.
• Rename README to README.md. Thanks @junkmd and @filipporomani.
• No patching or modifying typedesc.Obj.name in tools.codegenerator. Thanks @junkmd.
• Load enumerations into client.Constants. Thanks @junkmd.

Bug fixes

• Fix _pack_ being returned as a float. Thanks @kdschlosser.
• More general fix for timestamping a type library. Thanks @kdschlosser.

1.1.11 Remove 2to3 fixer, one more fix for timestamps

• Fix setuptools>=57.5.0 compatibility. Thanks @kdschlosser.
• Fix timestamping for typelib. Thanks @fusentasticus.
• Fix 64bit inproc server. Thanks @klusidy.
• Drop Python 2.6 support (Python 2.7 is still supported).
• Fix IndexError for empty safearray. Thanks @BALOGHBence.
• Make numpy typecodes consistent across numpy versions. Thanks @bennyrowland.

1.1.10 Fix loading module from relative path on Windows 7

• Fix loading module from relative path on Windows 7.

1.1.9 Fix loading module from relative path

• Fix loading module from relative path.
• Use comtypes release version in code generator version check.

1.1.8 Several bug fixes

• Fix #161: "No module named 'comtypes.gen.stdole'". Thanks @fxthomas.
• Fix #178, #201 and #205: NumPy >= 1.16 support. Thanks @mobiusklein.
• Fix #115: Use the embedded timestamp for cache invalidation. Thanks @vijairaj.
• SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart#12: Allow customization of shutdown behavior (It fixes crash during exit in applications that embed Python). Thanks @lassoan.
• Fix #208: Extend GetModule() with CLSID support. Thanks @forderud.
• Fix #186: Invalid handling of WindowsError on Python 3. Thanks @LeonarddeR.
• Fix #191, #196 and #199: End bdist_wininst support in setup.py. Thanks @wkschwartz.
• Drop Windows CE support. Thanks @forderud.

1.1.7 Fix installation with "--no-cache-dir" option

Fix issue #158.

1.1.6 Fix "pip install" issue

Fix issue #155.