Hi! Thanks for this project @jpadilla . It's great.

There are some changes that have already landed in master branch that I'm interested in having published as a new version that I could pull from PyPI.
I'm willing to roll up my sleeves and pitch in if that would help the process along, but would need to have a few pointers on where to start (and where to finish!)

Expected Result

2.9.0 is released!

-or-

A checklist of tasks that contributors could help chip away at to help get 2.9.0 ready.

Actual Result

2.8.0 was the latest release last July. Additionally, it seems like builds on pushes to master have not been successful for some time. Is that part of what prevents making a 2.9 release?

Thanks again! Looking forward to hearing from you