# Breaking changes:
- Minimum Python 2 requirement is 2.7.9
- DynamicTypeManagerHelper.py is removed
- ManagedMethodExecutorHelper.py is removed
- connect.ConnectNoSSL() and connect.SmartConnectNoSSL() are removed.
  Use connect.Connect(disableSslCertValidation=True) and connect.SmartConnect(disableSslCertValidation=True)
- VmomiSupport.UncallableManagedMethod is renamed to VmomiSupport.UnknownManagedMethod

# New modules:
Security.py
A new module is added to handle thumbprint verification.
There is a predefined set of available crypto functions to verify the certificate thumbprints.
Its possible to configure during runtime which of the available crypto functions are allowed.

Feature.py
A new module related to pyVmomi development within VMware.

VmomiJSONEncoder.py
The VmomiJSONEncoder is moved into a dedicated module.

# More changes:
- A new 'binaryIsBytearray' setting is added to select the base type for the binary type. By default, the binary type is 'str' for Python 2 and 'bytes' for Python 3. If binaryIsBytearray is True, the binary type for Python 2 is set to 'bytearray'. Required for VmomiJSONEncoder to work properly.
- The license note is removed from the Python files. LICENSE.txt holds the Apache 2 license note.
- pyVmomi now uses relative imports
- Dependency on “requests” is removed
- Added support for SAML token authentication
- Added timeout for HTTP requests
- Added option to set the maximum amount of time a task is allowed to run. On timeout, an exception is generated if raiseOnError is True.
- Add option to get all updates for the task.
- Add option to use a logger instead of the standard output
- Various bug fixes
- Code style improvements

# Deprecated:
- connect.OpenUrlWithBasicAuth()
- connect.OpenPathWithStub()