preparing release 2.8

CHANGES

-Version 2.7.4 ->
-----------------------
+Version 2.7.4 -> 2.8
+--------------------
   - fixed test failure in test_DateTimeParserGenerator.py with version 70.1rc
   - added wrappers for UCurrNameStyle and for ucurr_getName() onto CurrencyUnit
   - added support for ICU 70.1
   - added FieldPosition-less overloads to RuleBasedNumberFormat.format()
   - added pyproject.toml file to (also) build via python -m build
-  - 
 
 Version 2.7.3 -> 2.7.4
 ----------------------

setup.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
-VERSION = '2.7.4'
+VERSION = '2.8'
 ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION = '70'  # max supported major version of ICU
 
 try:

test/test_TimeZone.py

@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ class TestTimeZone(TestCase):
         pytz = ICUtzinfo.getInstance("Pacific/Fiji")
 
         tzr = tz.getNextTransition(
-            datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 10, 12, 43, 33, tzinfo=pytz))
+            datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 10, 12, 43, 33, tzinfo=pytz))
 
         tzr_time = tzr.getTime()
         self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(tzr_time, pytz),
-                         datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 14, 2, 0, tzinfo=pytz))
+                         datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 20, 2, 0, tzinfo=pytz))
 
         pytz = ICUtzinfo.getInstance("America/Los_Angeles")
         self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(tzr_time, pytz),
-                         datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 13, 6, 0, tzinfo=pytz))
+                         datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 19, 6, 0, tzinfo=pytz))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":