[Release] DataStax Python Driver Version 2.7.2

[Adam Holmberg]

Version 2.7.2 of the DataStax Python Driver has been released. 

This is a quick patch release mostly focused on improving the setup/install process for older versions of setuptools and Cython. It also removes one broken dependency for Python 3.

The only core functional change resolved a bug affecting CQL export for User Defined Functions with no parameters.

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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2.7.2 Changes

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* Resolve CQL export error for UDF with zero parameters (PYTHON-392)

* Remove futures dep. for Python 3 (PYTHON-393)

* Avoid Python closure in cdef (supports earlier Cython compiler) (PYTHON-396)

* Unit test runtime issues (PYTHON-397,398)