v23.04.00

What’s Changed

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Preserve original Dask partitions by default in [Dataset.to](http://dataset.to/)_parquet @rjzamora (#254)
• Change the location and filename of schema.pbtxt to .merlin/schema.json @edknv (#249)

🐜 Bug Fixes

• Return a dataframe type that matches reader passed to fetch_table_data @oliverholworthy (#287)
• add hack to handle tf not recognizing bool dtype in dlpack @jperez999 (#276)
• update numpy version to handle dlpack @jperez999 (#275)
• fix cuda import logic from numba and device memsize @jperez999 (#274)
• change cpu conversion for tf to convert-to-tensor @jperez999 (#271)
• fix gpu numpy conversion offsets @jperez999 (#269)
• Disable strict dtype checking by default @karlhigley (#268)
• Propagate _unsafe flag through column constructors properly @karlhigley (#264)
• Propagate the _unsafe mode flag from TensorTable to TensorColumn @karlhigley (#260)
• add import pytest to file @jperez999 (#229)

🚀 Features

• Add column_type property to TensorTable @karlhigley (#283)
• Extend mapping of nullable types for pandas @oliverholworthy (#278)
• add 3d tensor support to creating tensor columns @jperez999 (#246)
• Run with import without gpu @jperez999 (#261)
• Check environment supports target device in Dataset constructor @oliverholworthy (#243)
• Support Dataset cpu-mode in environment with GPUs that have not been detected @oliverholworthy (#236)
• Allow casting a Dimension to an integer when min and max are the same @karlhigley (#252)
• Add predicate function argument to select_by_tag @oliverholworthy (#94)
• Add row_group_size argument to Dataset.to_parquet @rjzamora (#218)
• Enable Schema selection using select_by_tag with string representation of Tags enum. @oliverholworthy (#242)
• Add Schema copy method @oliverholworthy (#240)

🔧 Maintenance

• Update pull_apart_list to use pd.concat instead of deprecated Series.append @oliverholworthy (#291)
• Install protobuf version compatible with tensorflow 2.9 for Merlin Models tests @oliverholworthy (#289)
• Add support for from_dlpack with numpy 1.23.0 @oliverholworthy (#284)
• Save schema in old location for backwards compatibility @oliverholworthy (#267)
• Refactor LocalExecutor into more discrete steps that can be overridden @karlhigley (#279)
• Preserve type of shape dims as ints when re-loading schema from disk @oliverholworthy (#281)
• uses compat everywhere to allow container bypass when gpus not present @jperez999 (#277)
• update numpy version to handle dlpack @jperez999 (#275)
• fix cuda import logic from numba and device memsize @jperez999 (#274)
• migrate compat into a separate folder and separate tf and torch import @jperez999 (#272)
• change cpu conversion for tf to convert-to-tensor @jperez999 (#271)
• compat imports update @jperez999 (#270)
• fix gpu numpy conversion offsets @jperez999 (#269)
• fix configure tf function to id all gpus available @jperez999 (#266)
• migrate configure tensorflow to core, separate has_gpu from compat @jperez999 (#265)
• add 3d tensor support to creating tensor columns @jperez999 (#246)
• Revert #261 and #262 (merlin.core.compat changes) @karlhigley (#263)
• Run with import without gpu @jperez999 (#261)
• Update merlin.core.compat to use HAS_GPU and add add'l libraries @karlhigley (#262)
• Rework DLpack conversion dispatching to allow caching dispatched methods @karlhigley (#259)
• Add an unsafe mode to TensorTable/TensorColumn (for internal use) @karlhigley (#258)
• Make TensorColumn shape and dtype properties lazy but memoized @karlhigley (#257)
• Bump dask, distributed, fsspec versions @karlhigley (#201)
• Move common steps to run tox env into reusable workflow @oliverholworthy (#247)
• Improve check for array types in is_list_dtype @oliverholworthy (#253)
• Support cupy and numpy array types in flatten_list_column_values @oliverholworthy (#251)
• Update is_list_dtype to handle additional types @oliverholworthy (#250)
• Remove use of HAS_GPU from dispatch functions @oliverholworthy (#244)
• Change the location and filename of schema.pbtxt to .merlin/schema.json @edknv (#249)
• Add workflow for testing dataloader @oliverholworthy (#186)
• add import pytest to file @jperez999 (#229)
• Add correct job dependency for release in cpu-packages @oliverholworthy (#241)