[Release] DataStax Python Driver Version 2.1.4

[Adam Holmberg]

Version 2.1.4 of the DataStax Python Driver has been released. 

This release includes interesting new features such as support for nested collections in Cassandra, SASL/Kerberos authentication, and idle connection heartbeats. It also resolves a number of user-reported issues.

The new features and API updates are discussed in more detail in my post about the release on the DataStax dev blog.

A complete list of changes can be found in the changelog (reproduced below for your convenience).

Thanks to all who provided pull requests and bug reports for this release. Your engagement is appreciated.

Discuss the driver and ask questions:
     Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/a/lists.datastax.com/forum/#!forum/python-driver-user
     IRC: #datastax-drivers on irc.freenode.net
Review and contribute source code: https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/
Report issues on JIRA: https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/PYTHON

Regards,
Adam Holmberg

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2.1.4 changes:

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Features

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* SaslAuthenticator for Kerberos support (PYTHON-109)

* Heartbeat for network device keepalive and detecting failures on idle connections (PYTHON-197)

* Support nested, frozen collections for Cassandra 2.1.3+ (PYTHON-186)

* Schema agreement wait bypass config, new call for synchronous schema refresh (PYTHON-205)

* Add eventlet connection support (PYTHON-194)

Bug Fixes

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* Schema meta fix for complex thrift tables (PYTHON-191)

* Support for 'unknown' replica placement strategies in schema meta (PYTHON-192)

* Resolve stream ID leak on set_keyspace (PYTHON-195)

* Remove implicit timestamp scaling on serialization of numeric timestamps (PYTHON-204)

* Resolve stream id collision when using SASL auth (PYTHON-210)

* Correct unhexlify usage for user defined type meta in Python3 (PYTHON-208)