Rez

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.42.1) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.42.0...2.42.1)

**Notes**

This PR introduces py3 compatibilities that do not functionally alter py2 code.

**Merged pull requests:**

- miscellanous atomic nonaffective py2/py3 compatibilities [\710](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/710) ([maxnbk](https://github.com/maxnbk))

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.42.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.41.0...2.42.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Pip improvements [\667](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/667) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))
- remove unneeded backports / vendored libraries [\702](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/702) ([maxnbk](https://github.com/maxnbk))

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.41.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.40.3...2.41.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- a few prints to py3-compat [\701](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/701) ([maxnbk](https://github.com/maxnbk))
- Fixing error with changelog referenced before assigment [\700](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/700) ([bareya](https://github.com/bareya))
- Adding GCC bind [\699](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/699) ([bareya](https://github.com/bareya))

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.40.3) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.40.2...2.40.3)

**Notes**

This update allows custom plugins to override the builtin rez plugins. It does so by reversing the order
in which plugins are loaded, so that builtins are loaded last.

**Merged pull requests:**

- Reverse order for plugins loading [\692](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/692) ([predat](https://github.com/predat))

**Closed issues:**

- rezplugins loading order [\677](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/677)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.40.2) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.40.1...2.40.2)

**Notes**

This release fixes an issue on Windows, which has non-case-sensitive filepaths. Requesting a package with a case
differing from that on disk would cause two packages to exist in the resolve, which really were just different
cases of the same package.

The behaviour on Windows is now:

- Packages are case-sensitive - `rez-env Foo` will fail if the package folder on disk is `foo`;
- Package repository paths are case-insensitive - `~/packages` and `~/Packages` are regarded as the same repo.

**Merged pull requests:**

- [FIX] Make package resolve request respect case sensitivity -- Windows [\689](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/689) ([lambdaclan](https://github.com/lambdaclan))

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.40.1) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.40.0...2.40.1)

**Notes**

Fixes regression introduced in v2.39.0.

**Merged pull requests:**

- added missing plugin config [\690](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/690) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))

**Closed issues:**

- [Regression - Version >= 2.39.0] ConfigurationError: Error in Rez configuration under plugins.shell [\688](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/688)