Release fixes.

Author: janiversen

API_changes.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ API changes 3.10.0
 - slave=, slaves= replaced by device_id=, device_ids=
 - slave request names changed to device
 - bit handling order is LSB (last byte) -> MSB (first byte)
+  readCoils and other bit functions now return bit in logical order (NOT byte order)
+
+  Older versions had LSB -> MSB pr byte
+  V3.10 have LSB -> MSB across bytes.
+
+  Example:
+  Hex bytes: 0x00 0x01
+  Older versions would deliver False * 8 True False * 7
+  V3.10 deliver True False * 15
+
+  Hex bytes: 0x01 0x03
+  Older versions would deliver True False * 7 True True False * 6
+  V3.10 deliver True True False * 6 True False * 7
 
 API changes 3.9.0
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LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2008-2023 Pymodbus
+Copyright 2008-2025 Pymodbus
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

doc/source/upgrade_40.rst

@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@ Pymodbus 4.0 upgrade procedure
 Pymodbus 4.0 contains a number of incompatibilities with Pymodbus 3.x, however
 most of these are simple edits.
 
-Bit handling
-------------
-readCoils and other bit functions now return bit in logical order (NOT byte order)
-
-Older versions had LSB -> MSB pr byte
-New version have LSB -> MSB across bytes.
-
-Example:
-Hex bytes: 0x00 0x01
-v3.x would deliver False * 8 True False * 7
-V4.x deliver True False * 15
-
-Hex bytes: 0x01 0x03
-v3.x would deliver True False * 7 True True False * 6
-V4.x deliver True True False * 6 True False * 7
-
 
 Python 3.9
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