Update elasticsearch requirement from >= 5.0, < 6.2 to >= 5.0, < 7.9

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Updates the requirements on elasticsearch to permit the latest version.

Release notes

Sourced from elasticsearch's releases.

7.8.0

Client

• Support for Elasticsearch version 7.8.
• Surface deprecation headers from Elasticsearch. When there's a warning response header in Elasticsearch's response, the client will emit a warning with warn.
• Typhoeus is supported again, version 1.4+ and has been added back to the docs.
• Adds documentation and example for integrating with Elastic APM.

API

New API Endpoints

• abort_benchmark
• benchmark
• cluster.delete_voting_config_exclusions
• cluster.post_voting_config_exclusions
• delete_by_rethrottle
• nodes.shutdown
• remote.info

Experimental endpoints:

• cluster.delete_component_template

• cluster.exists_component_template

• cluster.get_component_template

• cluster.put_component_template

• indices.delete_index_template

• indices.exists_index_template

• indices.get_index_template

• indices.put_index_template

• indices.simulate_index_template

API Changes

• cat/thread_pool: size is deprecated.
• indices.get_data_streams: name is now a string instead of list, the name or wildcard expression of the requested data streams.
• indices.put_index_template: new parameter: cause (string), user defined reason for creating/updating the index template.
• indices.simulate_index_template: Two new parameters: create, whether the index template we optionally defined in the body should only be dry-run added if new or can also replace an existing one. cause User defined reason for dry-run creating the new template for simulation purposes.
• snapshot.delete_repository: New parameter repository, name of the snapshot repository, wildcard (*) patterns are now supported.
• task.cancel: new parameter wait_for_completion (boolean) Should the request block until the cancellation of the task and its descendant tasks is completed. Defaults to false.

X-Pack

New API Endpoints

New namespace: indices

• indices.freeze
• indices.reload_search_analyzers
• indices.unfreeze

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from elasticsearch's changelog.

7.8.0

Client

• Support for Elasticsearch version 7.8.
• Surface deprecation headers from Elasticsearch. When there's a warning response header in Elasticsearch's response, the client will emit a warning with warn.
• Typhoeus is supported again, version 1.4+ and has been added back to the docs.
• Adds documentation and example for integrating with Elastic APM.

API

New API Endpoints

• abort_benchmark
• benchmark
• cluster.delete_voting_config_exclusions
• cluster.post_voting_config_exclusions
• delete_by_rethrottle
• nodes.shutdown
• remote.info

Experimental endpoints:

• cluster.delete_component_template

• cluster.exists_component_template

• cluster.get_component_template

• cluster.put_component_template

• indices.delete_index_template

• indices.exists_index_template

• indices.get_index_template

• indices.put_index_template

• indices.simulate_index_template

API Changes

• cat/thread_pool: size is deprecated.
• indices.get_data_streams: name is now a string instead of list, the name or wildcard expression of the requested data streams.
• indices.put_index_template: new parameter: cause (string), user defined reason for creating/updating the index template.
• indices.simulate_index_template: Two new parameters: create, whether the index template we optionally defined in the body should only be dry-run added if new or can also replace an existing one. cause User defined reason for dry-run creating the new template for simulation purposes.
• snapshot.delete_repository: New parameter repository, name of the snapshot repository, wildcard (*) patterns are now supported.
• task.cancel: new parameter wait_for_completion (boolean) Should the request block until the cancellation of the task and its descendant tasks is completed. Defaults to false.

X-Pack

New API Endpoints

New namespace: indices

• indices.freeze
• indices.reload_search_analyzers

... (truncated)

Commits

• 29058f3 [DOCS] Last minute doc update for 7.8
• f258db9 [XPACK] Update delete_data_frame_analytics_endpoint
• 4d15267 [XPACK] Update ml.delete_expired_data
• 122c094 [DOCS] Adds License Header to APM example
• 220b96e [DOCS] Update CHANGELOG and Release Notes for 7.8
• 4dc382a [DOCS] Reorganize README
• 6f094cf [DOCS] APM Example: Adds APM integration example
• 878c935 [DOCS] Adds Typhoeus back with note for using 1.4
• 7e0dc9a [CLIENT] Adds Typhoeus 1.4, now compatible with Faraday 1.0
• 1e1992b [API] Updates some urls
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Superseded by #21.