- Update to 2021.8.1
* HTTP get_file/put_file APIs now support callbacks (#731)
* New HTTP put_file method for transferring data to the remote
server (chunked) (#731)
* Customizable HTTP client initializers (through passing
get_client argument) (#731, #701)
* Support for various checksum / fingerprint headers in HTTP
info() (#731)
* local implementation of rm_file (#736)
* local speed improvements (#711)
* sharing options in SMB (#706)
* streaming cat/get for ftp (#700)
* check for remote directory when putting (#737)
* storage_option update handling (#734(
* await HTTP call before checking status (#726)
* ftp connect (#722)
* bytes conversion of times in mapper (#721)
* variable overwrite in WholeFileCache cat (#719)
* http file size again (#718)
* rm and create directories in ftp (#716, #703)
* list of files in async put (#713)
* bytes to dict in cat (#710)
- Drop fsspec-pr710-bytesreturn.patch merged upstream