Upgrade to release 2.6.1:
- A __version__ attribute relying on importlib.metadata.
- A uv.lock lock-file for reproducible builds.
- Drop official support for Python 3.8.
- Switch from black to ruff for code style.
- Fully migrate to a pyproject.toml-based project.
- Ensure code style consistency (see selected rules in pyproject.toml).
- Extra dependencies are part of the dev dependency group (PEP 735).
- Switch from setuptools to hatchling for building portion.
- Switch from coverage to pytest-cov for test coverage.
Signed-off-by: Leon Anavi <leon.anavi@konsulko.com>
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
