1.8.1 (May 16, 2022)

Bug-fix release in the 1.8.x series.

The previous release vendored distutils.version.LooseVersion, and the vendored objects did not preserve compatiblity with the distutils objects. This release switches to the looseversion package that ensures compatiblity.

What's Changed

• RF: Use looseversion package instead of vendoring by @effigies in #3477

Full Changelog: 1.8.0...1.8.1