Release-candidate v0.55.0-rc.2

[jansegre]

Changes

• refactor: Prepare for sync-v2 #697
• refactor: do not use built-in random and add proper linter check #698
• refactor: remove deprecated typing uses and add custom linter script #699
• chore(extras): script to generate list of PRs that master is ahead of rc #701
• fix(event-queue): fix event simulator scenario parsing #706
• feat(feature-activation): fix criteria validation #708
• feat(feature-activation): implement bit signaling service #702
• feat(feature-activation): block features endpoint #690
• chore: update default Python version to 3.10 #712
• chore: update autobahn package #713
• feat(sync-v2): sync-v2 implemented, sync-v1 still default #275
• fix(test): regression after sync-v2 command was removed #730
• refactor(p2p): rename sync *manager* to sync *agent* #729
• refactor(sync-v2): improve deferreds handling #732
• feat(indexes): add get_n_height_tips method to height index #734
• feat(p2p): add setting to enable/disable peer whitelist for sync-v2 #735
• feat: add get-best-blockchain capability #686

Checklist

• I've read and followed the release candidate process described in https://github.com/HathorNetwork/ops-tools/blob/master/docs/release-guides/hathor-core.md#release-candidate
• I confirm this release candidate only includes production-ready changes

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #723 (126017d) into release-candidate (67e0848) will increase coverage by 0.41%.
Report is 1 commits behind head on release-candidate.
The diff coverage is 83.06%.

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  Branches                2760     2936     +176     
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+ Hits                   17206    18337    +1131     
- Misses                  2672     2712      +40     
- Partials                 572      637      +65     

Files Changed	Coverage Δ
hathor/transaction/base_transaction.py	93.98% <ø> (+3.35%)	⬆️
hathor/util.py	81.30% <ø> (ø)
hathor/p2p/states/peer_id.py	71.11% <20.00%> (-2.46%)	⬇️
hathor/indexes/rocksdb_deps_index.py	58.77% <33.33%> (+0.23%)	⬆️
hathor/p2p/states/utils.py	62.50% <62.50%> (ø)
hathor/transaction/block.py	95.35% <66.66%> (+3.11%)	⬆️
hathor/p2p/sync_v2/manager.py	75.83% <75.83%> (ø)
hathor/indexes/memory_height_index.py	83.33% <77.77%> (-2.78%)	⬇️
hathor/feature_activation/bit_signaling_service.py	83.60% <83.60%> (ø)
hathor/feature_activation/resources/feature.py	94.04% <84.84%> (-5.96%)	⬇️
... and 41 more

... and 8 files with indirect coverage changes