py-pdf/pypdf 2.8.0

Version 2.8.0, 2022-07-24

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What's Changed

Thank you @pubpub-zz and @exiledkingcc for your contributions ❤️

New Features (ENH)

• Add writer.add_annotation, page.annotations, and generic.AnnotationBuilder (#1120)

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Set /AS for /Btn form fields in writer (#1161)
• Ignore if /Perms verify failed (#1157)

Robustness (ROB)

• Cope with utf16 character for space calculation (#1155)
• Cope with null params for FitH / FitV destination (#1152)
• Handle outlines without valid destination (#1076)

Developer Experience (DEV)

• Introduce _utils.logger_warning (#1148)

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Break up parse_to_unicode (#1162)
• Add diagnostic output to exception in read_from_stream (#1159)
• Reduce PdfReader.read complexity (#1151)

Testing (TST)

• Add workflow tests found by arc testing (#1154)
• Decrypt file which is not encrypted (#1149)
• Test CryptRC4 encryption class; test image extraction filters (#1147)

Full Changelog: 2.7.0...2.8.0