v0.3.1 Released

[tomvothecoder]

v0.3.1 (18 August 2022)

This patch release focuses on bug fixes including handling bounds generation with singleton coordinates and the use of cftime
to represent temporal averaging outputs and non-CF compliant time coordinates (to avoid the pandas Timestamp limitations).

Bug Fixes

Bounds

• Ignore singleton coordinates without dims when attempting to generate bounds Stephen Po-Chedley in Ignore singleton coordinates without dims when attempting to generate bounds #281
• Modify logic to not throw error for singleton coordinates (with no bounds) by Stephen Po-Chedley in Modify logic to not throw error for singleton coordinates (with no bounds) #313

Time Axis and Coordinates

• Fix TypeError with Dask Arrays from multifile datasets in temporal averaging by Stephen Po-Chedley in simple proposed fix for #289 #291
• Use cftime to avoid out of bounds datetime when decoding non-CF time coordinates by Stephen Po-Chedley and Tom Vo in Use cftime to avoid out of bounds datetime when decoding non-CF time coordinates #283
• Use cftime for temporal averaging operations to avoid out of bounds datetime by Stephen Po-Chedley and Tom Vo in Use cftime for temporal averaging operations #302
• Fix open_mfdataset() dropping time encoding attrs by Tom Vo in Fix open_mfdataset() dropping time encoding attrs #309
• Replace "time" references with self._dim in class TemporalAccessor by Tom Vo in Replace "time" references with self._dim in class TemporalAccessor #312

Internal Changes

• Filters safe warnings. by Jason Boutte in Filters safe warnings. #276

Documentation

• update conda install to conda create by Paul Durack in update conda install to conda create #294
• Update project overview and planned features list by Tom Vo in Update project overview and planned features list #298
• Fix bullet formatting in README.rst andindex.rst by Tom Vo in Fix bullet formatting in README.rst andindex.rst #299
• Fix Jupyter headings not rendering with pandoc by Tom Vo in Fix Jupyter headings not rendering with pandoc #318

DevOps

• Unify workspace settings with settings.json by Tom Vo in Unify workspace settings with settings.json #297
• Run CI/CD on "push" and "workflow_dispatch" by Tom Vo in Run CI/CD on "push" and "workflow_dispatch" #287 and Run CI/CD on "push" and "workflow_dispatch" #288
• Pin numba=0.55.2 in dev env and constrain numba>=0.55.2 in ci env by Tom Vo in Pin numba=0.55.2 in dev env and constrain numba>=0.55.2 in ci env #280
• Update conda env yml files and add missing dependencies by Tom Vo in Update conda env yml files and add missing dependencies #307

New Contributors

• Paul Durack made their first contribution in update conda install to conda create #294

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

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This discussion was created from the release v0.3.1.

[tomvothecoder]

Hi @xCDAT/core-developers, @durack1, @msahn, @jypeter, @oliviermarti, @gleckler1, @crterai,

xCDAT v0.3.1 has been released today in conjunction with our current testing phase!

This patch release focuses on bug fixes including handling bounds generation with singleton coordinates and the use of cftime to represent temporal averaging outputs and non-CF compliant time coordinates (to avoid the pandas Timestamp limitations).

Please view the below links if you are interested in learning more.

• Changelog: https://xcdat.readthedocs.io/en/v0.3.1/history.html#v0-3-1-18-august-2022
• Documentation: https://xcdat.readthedocs.io/en/v0.3.1/index.html
• Anaconda page: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/xcdat

We are now practicing rapid release cycles, which involves releasing new versions based on the significance of bug fixes and features.

Next milestones:

• Release v0.3.2 with additional bug fixes
• v0.3.2 Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/xCDAT/projects/5?query=is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc
• Wrap up the testing phase in a month or so
• Explore vertical regridding solutions

[pochedls]

Thanks @tomvothecoder - I realize these releases take time. These bug fixes are really helpful!

[tomvothecoder]

No problem @pochedls. Most of the time is spent with updating the conda env dependencies and/or updating up the changelog.
The actual time to release on GH and conda-forge is pretty minimal.

I might make it a routine to update conda env deps only for minor or major releases.