v0.6.1: Merge pull request #1753 from fetchai/develop

• Adds a standalone script to deploy an ACN node
• Adds filtering of out-dated addresses in DHT lookups
• Updates multiple developer scripts
• Increases code coverage of all protocols to 100%
• Fixes a disconnection issue of the multiplexer
• Extends soef connection to support additional registration commands and search responses
• Extends oef_search protocol to include success performative and agent info in search response
• Adds README.mds to all skills
• Adds configurable exception policy handling for multiplexer
• Fixes support for http headers in http server connection
• Adds additional consistency checks on addresses in dialogues
• Exposes decision maker address on skill context
• Adds comprehensive benchmark scripts
• Multiple docs updates including additional explanations of soef usage
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.6.0: Merge pull request #1723 from fetchai/develop

• Makes FetchAICrypto default again
• Bumps web3 dependencies
• Introduces support for arbitrary protocol handling by DM
• Removes custom fields in signing protocol
• Refactors and updates dialogue and dialogues models
• Moves dialogue module to protocols module
• Introduces MultiplexerStatus to collect aggregate connection status
• Moves Address types from mail to common
• Updates FetchAICrypto to work with Agentland
• Fixes circular dependencies in helpers and configurations
• Unifies contract loading with loading mechanism of other packages
• Adds get-multiaddress command to CLI
• Updates helpers scripts
• Introduces MultiInbox to unify internal message handling
• Adds additional linters (eradicate, more pylint options)
• Improves error reporting in libp2p connection
• Replaces all assert statements with proper exceptions
• Adds skill id to envelope context for improved routing
• Refactors IPC pipes
• Refactors core dependencies
• Adds support for multi-page agent configurations
• Adds type field to all package configurations
• Multiple docs updates including additional explanations of contracts usage
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.5.4: Merge pull request #1664 from fetchai/develop

• Adds support for Windows in p2p connections
• Makes all tests Windows compatible
• Adds integration tests for p2p public dht
• Modifies contract base class to make it cross-ledger compatible
• Changes dialogue reference nonce generation
• Fixes tac skills (non-contract versions)
• Fixes Aries identity skills
• Extends cosmos crypto api to support cosmwasm
• Adds full test coverage for framework and connection packages
• Multiple docs updates including automated link integrity checks
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.5.3: Merge pull request #1597 from fetchai/develop

• Adds support for re-starting agent after stopping it
• Adds full test coverage for protocols generator
• Adds support for dynamically adding handlers
• Improves p2p connection startup reliability
• Addresses p2p connection race condition with long running processes
• Adds connection states in connections
• Applies consistent logger usage throughout
• Adds key rotation and randomised locations for integration tests
• Adds request delays in SOEF connection to avoid request limits
• Exposes runtime states on agent and removes agent liveness object
• Adds readme files in protocols and connections
• Improves edge case handling in dialogue models
• Adds support for cosmwasm message signing
• Adds test coverage for test tools
• Adds dialogues models in all connections where required
• Transitions erc1155 skills and simple search to SOEF and p2p
• Adds full test coverage for skills modules
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.5.2: Merge pull request #1520 from fetchai/develop

• Transitions demos to agent-land test network, P2P and SOEF connections
• Adds full test coverage for helpers modules
• Adds full test coverage for core modules
• Adds CLI functionality to upload README.md files with packages
• Adds full test coverage for registries module
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.5.1: Merge pull request #1493 from fetchai/develop

• Adds support for agent name being appended to all log statements
• Adds redesigned GUI
• Extends dialogue api for easier dialogue maintenance
• Resolves blocking logic in oef and gym connections
• Adds full test coverage on aea modules configurations, components and mail
• Adds ping background task for soef connection
• Adds full test coverage for all connection packages
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

v0.5.0: Merge pull request #1461 from fetchai/develop

• Refactors all connections to be fully async friendly
• Adds almost complete test coverage on connections
• Adds complete test coverage for cli and cli gui
• Fixes cli gui functionality and removes oef node dependency
• Refactors p2p go code and increases test coverage
• Refactors protocol generator for higher code reusability
• Adds option for skills to depend on other skills
• Adds abstract skills option
• Adds ledger connections to execute ledger related queries and transactions, removes ledger apis from skill context
• Adds contracts registry and removes them from skill context
• Rewrites all skills to be fully message based
• Replaces internal messages with protocols (signing and state update)
• Multiple refactoring to improve pylint adherence
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple test stability fixes

v0.4.1: Merge pull request #1364 from fetchai/develop

• Updates component package module loading for skill and connection
• Unifies component package loading across package types
• Adds connections registry to resources
• Upgrades CLI commands for easier programmatic usage
• Adds AEARunner and AEALauncher for programmatic launch of multiple agents
• Refactors AEABuilder to support re-entrancy and resetting
• Fixes tac packages to work with erc1155 contract
• Multiple refactoring to improve public and private access patterns
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple test stability fixes

v0.4.0: Merge pull request #1337 from fetchai/develop

• Updates message handling in skills
• Replaces serializer implementation; all serialization is now performed framework side
• Updates all skills for compatibility with new message handling
• Updates all protocols and protocol generator
• Updates package loading mechnanism
• Adds p2p_libp2p_client connection
• Fixes CLI bugs and refactors CLI
• Adds eject command to CLI
• Exposes identity and connection cryptos to all connections
• Updates connection loading mechanism
• Updates all connections for compatibility with new loading mechanism
• Extracts multiplexer into its own module
• Implements list all CLI command
• Updates wallet to split into several crypto stores
• Refactors component registry and resources
• Extends soef connection functionality
• Implements AEABuilder reentrancy
• Updates p2p_libp2p connection
• Adds support for configurable runtime
• Refactors documentation
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple test stability fixes

v0.3.3: Merge pull request #1269 from fetchai/develop

• Adds option to pass ledger apis to aea builder
• Refactors decision maker: separates interface and implementation; adds loading mechanisms so framework users can provide their own implementation
• Adds async and sync agent loop implementations; agent can be run in both sync and async mode
• Completes transition to atomic cli commands (fetch, generate, scaffold)
• Refactors dialogue api: adds much simplified api; updates generator accordingly; updates skills
• Adds support for crypto module extensions: framework users can register their own crypto module
• Adds crypto module and ledger support for cosmos
• Adds simple-oef (soef) connection
• Adds p2p_libp2p connection for true p2p connectivity
• Adds pypi dependency consistency checks for aea projects
• Refactors cli for improved programmatic usage of components
• Adds skill exception handling policies and configuration options
• Adds comprehensive documentation of configuration files
• Multiple docs updates
• Multiple test stability fixes