old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  # Copyright (c) 2014-2020, imageio contributors
  # imageio is distributed under the terms of the (new) BSD License.
  
  # This docstring is used at the index of the documentation pages, and
  # gets inserted into a slightly larger description (in setup.py) for
  # the page on Pypi:
  """
  Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and
  write a wide range of image data, including animated images, volumetric
  data, and scientific formats. It is cross-platform, runs on Python 3.5+,
  and is easy to install.
  
  Main website: http://imageio.github.io
  """
  
  # flake8: noqa
  
  __version__ = "2.6.0"
  
  # Load some bits from core
  from .core import FormatManager, RETURN_BYTES
  
  # Instantiate format manager
  formats = FormatManager()
  
  # Load the functions
  from .core.functions import help
  from .core.functions import get_reader, get_writer
  from .core.functions import imread, mimread, volread, mvolread
  from .core.functions import imwrite, mimwrite, volwrite, mvolwrite
  
  # Load function aliases
  from .core.functions import read, save
  from .core.functions import imsave, mimsave, volsave, mvolsave
  
  # Load all the plugins
  from . import plugins
  
  # expose the show method of formats
  show_formats = formats.show
  
  # Clean up some names
  del FormatManager
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  # Copyright (c) 2014-2020, imageio contributors
  # imageio is distributed under the terms of the (new) BSD License.
  
  # This docstring is used at the index of the documentation pages, and
  # gets inserted into a slightly larger description (in setup.py) for
  # the page on Pypi:
  """
  Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and
  write a wide range of image data, including animated images, volumetric
  data, and scientific formats. It is cross-platform, runs on Python 3.5+,
  and is easy to install.
  
  Main website: http://imageio.github.io
  """
  
  # flake8: noqa
  
  __version__ = "2.8.0"
  
  # Load some bits from core
  from .core import FormatManager, RETURN_BYTES
  
  # Instantiate format manager
  formats = FormatManager()
  
  # Load the functions
  from .core.functions import help
  from .core.functions import get_reader, get_writer
  from .core.functions import imread, mimread, volread, mvolread
  from .core.functions import imwrite, mimwrite, volwrite, mvolwrite
  
  # Load function aliases
  from .core.functions import read, save
  from .core.functions import imsave, mimsave, volsave, mvolsave
  
  # Load all the plugins
  from . import plugins
  
  # expose the show method of formats
  show_formats = formats.show
  
  # Clean up some names
  del FormatManager
  
subject: bump version (skipping 2.7 to avoid confusion)