Prepare for 2.8.0 releasepylint-2.8.0

26 files changed, 54 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/.copyrite_aliases b/.copyrite_aliases
index 2aaf214d8..175e7771f 100644
--- a/.copyrite_aliases
+++ b/.copyrite_aliases
@@ -74,5 +74,30 @@
     ],
     "authoritative_mail": "ville.skytta@iki.fi",
     "name": "Ville Skyttä"
+  },
+    {
+    "mails": [
+      "ubuntu@ip-172-31-89-59.ec2.internal",
+      "eli88fine@gmail.com",
+      "ejfine@gmail.com"
+    ],
+    "authoritative_mail": "ejfine@gmail.com",
+    "name": "Eli Fine"
+  },
+    {
+    "mails": [
+      "andi.finkler@gmail.com",
+      "3929834+DudeNr33@users.noreply.github.com"
+    ],
+    "authoritative_mail": "andi.finkler@gmail.com",
+    "name": "Andreas Finkler"
+  },
+      {
+    "mails": [
+      "matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com",
+      "matusvalo@gmail.com"
+    ],
+    "authoritative_mail": "matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com",
+    "name": "Matus Valo"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a28aecfc7..e07ba1f58 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Pylint's ChangeLog
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.8.0?
 ===========================
-Release date: 2021-04-25
+Release date: 2021-04-24
 
 * New refactoring message ``consider-using-with``. This message is emitted if resource-allocating functions or methods of the
   standard library (like ``open()`` or ``threading.Lock.acquire()``) that can be used as a context manager are called without
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst
index 240cb1aaa..23a6a8436 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **************************
 
 :Release: 2.8
-:Date: undefined
+:Date: 2021-04-24
 
 Summary -- Release highlights
 =============================
diff --git a/pylint/__init__.py b/pylint/__init__.py
index b84259d81..b02d57e73 100644
--- a/pylint/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Arun Persaud <arun@nubati.net>
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ionel Cristian Maries <contact@ionelmc.ro>
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Nick Drozd <nicholasdrozd@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 887029357..16fb00977 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 __version__ = "2.8.0"
 # For an official release, use 'alpha_version = False' and 'dev_version = None'
 alpha_version: bool = False  # Release will be an alpha version if True (ex: '1.2.3a6')
-dev_version: Optional[int] = 1
+dev_version: Optional[int] = None
 
 if dev_version is not None:
     if alpha_version:
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/__init__.py b/pylint/checkers/__init__.py
index 3ba3b2c55..24ad8ca99 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/__init__.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2018 ssolanki <sushobhitsolanki@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Bruno P. Kinoshita <kinow@users.noreply.github.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2021 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Frank Harrison <frank@doublethefish.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <matusvalo@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/base.py b/pylint/checkers/base.py
index 0f641f723..772a5b36c 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/base.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Yannack <yannack@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Alex Jurkiewicz <alex@jurkiewi.cz>
 # Copyright (c) 2017, 2019-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2017, 2019-2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2017, 2019-2021 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017 danields <danields761@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Jacques Kvam <jwkvam@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017 ttenhoeve-aa <ttenhoeve@appannie.com>
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Gabriel R Sezefredo <g@briel.dev>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Benny <benny.mueller91@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anubhav <35621759+anubh-v@users.noreply.github.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Or Bahari <orbahari@mail.tau.ac.il>
 
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/classes.py b/pylint/checkers/classes.py
index e4c1151ff..66825d449 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/classes.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/classes.py
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Andrzej Klajnert <github@aklajnert.pl>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Pascal Corpet <pcorpet@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 GergelyKalmar <gergely.kalmar@logikal.jp>
-# Copyright (c) 2021 tiagohonorato <61059243+tiagohonorato@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 James Sinclair <james@nurfherder.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 tiagohonorato <61059243+tiagohonorato@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/format.py b/pylint/checkers/format.py
index 3193cf683..d83bc55a9 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/format.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/format.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Nick Drozd <nicholasdrozd@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Raphael Gaschignard <raphael@rtpg.co>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/misc.py b/pylint/checkers/misc.py
index 070abbc94..4ae912f4f 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/misc.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/misc.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 wtracy <afishionado@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Benny <benny.mueller91@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Konstantina Saketou <56515303+ksaketou@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/raw_metrics.py b/pylint/checkers/raw_metrics.py
index d9e438466..5878da737 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/raw_metrics.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/raw_metrics.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Glenn Matthews <glenn@e-dad.net>
 # Copyright (c) 2018 ssolanki <sushobhitsolanki@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2021 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 谭九鼎 <109224573@qq.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/similar.py b/pylint/checkers/similar.py
index e15c0f032..8f6ae11a0 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/similar.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/similar.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Taewon D. Kim <kimt33@mcmaster.ca>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Frank Harrison <frank@doublethefish.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Eli Fine <eli88fine@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Eli Fine <ejfine@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Shiv Venkatasubrahmanyam <shvenkat@users.noreply.github.com>
 
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/spelling.py b/pylint/checkers/spelling.py
index 49c511990..dfa1d7738 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/spelling.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/spelling.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Ganden Schaffner <gschaffner@pm.me>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Damien Baty <damien.baty@polyconseil.fr>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Eli Fine <ejfine@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/stdlib.py b/pylint/checkers/stdlib.py
index f2a2ac2c9..2a2d26993 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/stdlib.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/stdlib.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 谭九鼎 <109224573@qq.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <matusvalo@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/variables.py b/pylint/checkers/variables.py
index c611ae2f0..de5075af7 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/variables.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/variables.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Andrew Simmons <a.simmons@deakin.edu.au>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Ashley Whetter <ashleyw@activestate.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 haasea <44787650+haasea@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Alexander Kapshuna <kapsh@kap.sh>
 
diff --git a/pylint/epylint.py b/pylint/epylint.py
index 9d3dbb54c..12f541c7a 100755
--- a/pylint/epylint.py
+++ b/pylint/epylint.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Damien Baty <damien.baty@polyconseil.fr>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/extensions/comparetozero.py b/pylint/extensions/comparetozero.py
index 4379b348d..9c6b73ee4 100644
--- a/pylint/extensions/comparetozero.py
+++ b/pylint/extensions/comparetozero.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019, 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 bernie gray <bfgray3@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pylint/extensions/confusing_elif.py b/pylint/extensions/confusing_elif.py
index 70222b778..07b6c4ac4 100644
--- a/pylint/extensions/confusing_elif.py
+++ b/pylint/extensions/confusing_elif.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/graph.py b/pylint/graph.py
index 3c4bbcef1..366206a37 100644
--- a/pylint/graph.py
+++ b/pylint/graph.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Damien Baty <damien.baty@polyconseil.fr>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 谭九鼎 <109224573@qq.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Benjamin Graham <benwilliamgraham@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Andrew Howe <howeaj@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/pyreverse/writer.py b/pylint/pyreverse/writer.py
index 3102fdda6..0d80bb9ca 100644
--- a/pylint/pyreverse/writer.py
+++ b/pylint/pyreverse/writer.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018 ssolanki <sushobhitsolanki@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Kylian <development@goudcode.nl>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Mark Byrne <mbyrnepr2@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/pylint/utils/__init__.py b/pylint/utils/__init__.py
index 1830ab839..948e5d5ce 100644
--- a/pylint/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/utils/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Ashley Whetter <ashley@awhetter.co.uk>
 # Copyright (c) 2016 xmo-odoo <xmo-odoo@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2017-2018, 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2018, 2020-2021 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017, 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
 # Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Bryce Guinta <bryce.paul.guinta@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>
diff --git a/tests/checkers/unittest_format.py b/tests/checkers/unittest_format.py
index a2aa4687f..8d1c9077d 100644
--- a/tests/checkers/unittest_format.py
+++ b/tests/checkers/unittest_format.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Ashley Whetter <ashley@awhetter.co.uk>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/checkers/unittest_similar.py b/tests/checkers/unittest_similar.py
index 510dd64af..01b2bab6e 100644
--- a/tests/checkers/unittest_similar.py
+++ b/tests/checkers/unittest_similar.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Ashley Whetter <ashley@awhetter.co.uk>
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Taewon D. Kim <kimt33@mcmaster.ca>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Frank Harrison <frank@doublethefish.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Eli Fine <eli88fine@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Eli Fine <ejfine@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/tests/checkers/unittest_spelling.py b/tests/checkers/unittest_spelling.py
index 176ae34db..009ec21d3 100644
--- a/tests/checkers/unittest_spelling.py
+++ b/tests/checkers/unittest_spelling.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 agutole <toldo_carp@hotmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Ganden Schaffner <gschaffner@pm.me>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Eli Fine <ejfine@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/extensions/test_confusing_elif.py b/tests/extensions/test_confusing_elif.py
index f45589e85..131e908a2 100644
--- a/tests/extensions/test_confusing_elif.py
+++ b/tests/extensions/test_confusing_elif.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
diff --git a/tests/test_self.py b/tests/test_self.py
index a42ed1d07..59f302e9a 100644
--- a/tests/test_self.py
+++ b/tests/test_self.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Pieter Engelbrecht <pengelbrecht@rems2.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Andreas Finkler <andi.finkler@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2021 chohner <mail@chohner.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Louis Sautier <sautier.louis@gmail.com>