Merge branch 'release/2.6.1.0' into develop
Update setup.py metadata
Resolved flake8 issues #2413

Task ID: project-7/task-2413
Review ID: 409001
Migrated to 2.8 #2413

Task ID: project-7/task-2413
Review ID: 409001
Merge pull request #2 from prakashpp/feature/task-2413

Feature/task 2413
Bump version to 2.8.0.1
Merge branch 'release/2.8.0.1'