Release 5.5.0

Download and run the EDMarketConnector_win_5.5.0.msi linked below this changelog to install.

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We now test against, and package with, Python 3.10.7.
EDDN: Support added for the FCMaterials schemas to aid third-party sites in offering searches for where to buy and sell Odyssey Micro Resources, including on Fleet Carriers with the bar tender facility.

Bug Fixes

EDDN: Abort fsssignaldiscovered sending of message if no signals passed the checks.
EDDN: Add Horizons check for location on fsssignaldiscovered messages.
Don't alert the user if the first attempted load of NavRoute.json contains no route.
Inara: Don't set marketID for ApproachSettlement unless it's actually present in the event.

We now build using the new, setuptools mediated py2exe freeze() method, so we're in the clear for when distutils is removed in Python 3.12.
This shouldn't have any adverse effects on plugins, i.e. all of the same Python modules are still packaged as before.
Support has been added for the NavRouteClear event. We do send this through to plugins, so that they know the player has cleared the route, but we keep the previously plotted route details in state['NavRoute'].
The documentation of the return type of journal_entry() has been corrected to Optional[str].
FDevIDs files (commodity.csv rare_commodity.csv) updated to latest versions.

We now build using the new, setuptools mediated py2exe freeze() method, so we're in the clear for when distutils is removed in Python 3.12.
The old setup.py file, along with associated py2exe.cmd have been removed in favour of the new Build-exe-and-msi.py file. Documentation updated.