v0.8.4 — 6 February 2026: "Plastic-covered scanner"

Large-scale changes

• dryadd now uses a self-documenting yaml configuration file instead of 10,000 arguments
• Dryad downloads now require app-based authentication
  • dryad2dataverse.auth created with Token class self-updating authentication
• dryad2datverse.constants replaced with dryad2dataverse.config
  • dryad2dataverse.config.Config objects subclass dict for easy handling
• Most methods now can just be passed a dryad2dataverse.config.Config instance
• Code now uses numpydoc standard
• Database backups now put date before the extension
• Countless other tiny fixes

Full Changelog: v0.7.10...v0.8.4