New release candidate v0.9.0-rc3 (updated 20/4/2025)

[freakent]

(updated 20/4/2025 for RC3)

New release to support Venus OS 3.60 (and older Venos OS versions):
Goal is to have a final release when VenusOS comes out of beta.

• Support Paho MQTT v2.0 that is introduced with Venus OS 3.60
• Better dependency set up for Beta releases of VenusOS
• Included tomllib in list of dependencies that are auto installed with Venus OS 3.60 onwards (Python 3.12)
• Address device registration warning in log files
• Added support for devices with non-configurable LWT (.i.e. Shelly devices)
• Various bug fixes

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0-rc3

To install follow the instructions in this README:
https://github.com/freakent/dbus-mqtt-devices/tree/v0.9.0dev

Note: rc3 addresses introduces new LWT functionality to better support Shelly devices.

Many thanks to community members remco, DutchSolarFreak, AlexV, russalex83, zonnigBreda and @jeroenkl.