Release v1.7.0a1

1.7.0a1

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Enhancements made

• Refactor gateway kernel management to achieve a degree of consistency #483 (@kevin-bates)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Include backtrace in debug output when extension fails to load #506 (@candlerb)
• ExtensionPoint: return True on successful validate() #503 (@minrk)
• ExtensionManager: load default config manager by default #502 (@minrk)

Other merged PRs

• Upgrade anyio to v3 #492 (@mwakaba2)

Contributors to this release

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