dependabot: update blinker requirement from ~=1.7 to ~=1.8

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Updates the requirements on blinker to permit the latest version.

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1.8.1

This is the Blinker 1.8.1 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/blinker/1.8.1/ Changes: https://blinker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#version-1-8-1

• Restore identity handling for str and int senders. #148
• Fix deprecated blinker.base.WeakNamespace import. #149
• Fix deprecated blinker.base.receiver_connected import. #153
• Use types from collections.abc instead of typing. #150
• Fully specify exported types as reported by pyright. #152

Changelog

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Version 1.8.1

Released 2024-04-28

• Restore identity handling for str and int senders. :pr:148
• Fix deprecated blinker.base.WeakNamespace import. :pr:149
• Fix deprecated blinker.base.receiver_connected import. :pr:153
• Use types from collections.abc instead of typing. :pr:150
• Fully specify exported types as reported by pyright. :pr:152

Version 1.8.0

Released 2024-04-27

• Deprecate the __version__ attribute. Use feature detection, or importlib.metadata.version("blinker"), instead. :issue:128
• Specify that the deprecated temporarily_connected_to will be removed in the next version.
• Show a deprecation warning for the deprecated global receiver_connected signal and specify that it will be removed in the next version.
• Show a deprecation warning for the deprecated WeakNamespace and specify that it will be removed in the next version.
• Greatly simplify how the library uses weakrefs. This is a significant change internally but should not affect any public API. :pr:144
• Expose the namespace used by signal() as default_namespace. :pr:145

Version 1.7.0

Released 2023-11-01

• Fixed messages printed to standard error about unraisable exceptions during signal cleanup, typically during interpreter shutdown. :pr:123
• Allow the Signal set_class to be customised, to allow calling of receivers in registration order. :pr:116.
• Drop Python 3.7 and support Python 3.12. :pr:126

Version 1.6.3

Released 2023-09-23

• Fix SyncWrapperType and AsyncWrapperType :pr:108
• Fixed issue where connected_to would not disconnect the receiver if an

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Commits

• 26f65bd release version 1.8.1
• 793f8be Merge pull request #153 from pallets-eco/deprecated-import
• 4313260 fix deprecated receiver_connected import
• d15107c Merge pull request #152 from pallets-eco/pyright-export
• cceb745 pass pyright --verifytypes
• f1bbce1 Merge pull request #151 from pallets-eco/cleanup-docs
• 8dc19ff clean up docstrings
• fd8a169 Merge pull request #150 from pallets-eco/collections-abc
• facf2c3 use collections.abc instead of typing
• 8f9e245 Merge pull request #149 from pallets-eco/deprecated-import
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[DanielTsiang]

Minor release. Tests passed. @dependabot merge.