We are proud to announce the release of yt 3.3.3!
Version 3.3.3 is a regularly scheduled bugfix release including fixes for a number of issues reported since the release of yt 3.3.2. We urge all users to update to the latest version.
If your python installation is managed via conda, update following:
$ conda update -c conda-forge yt
If your python installation is managed via pip, update following:
$ pip install -U yt
Finally, if you manage your yt installation by running out of a clone of the yt mercurial repository, update following:
$ yt update
We would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this release:
Nathan Goldbaum Cameron Hummels Ben Keller Kacper Kowalik Jonah Miller Andrew Myers Hsi-Yu Schive Britton Smith Matthew Turk John Wise John ZuHone
A summary of changes in this release, along with the number of the pull request implementing the change follows below:
Additional docstrings for unstructured mesh data. See PR 2403 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2403/some-hopefully-illuminating-docstrings-for/diff .
Speedup in clump finding. See PR 2426 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2426/opt-typedef-array-returned-in/diff .
Speedup in tests. See PR 2427 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2427/use-slighlty-smaller-objects-for-certain/diff .
Bugfixes and docs for Tipsy data. PR 2430 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2430/tipsy-correct-auxiliary-file-footer-skip/diff , PR 2431 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2431/clarify-the-use-of-cosmology_parameters-in/diff .
Bugfix in Ramses time calculation. PR 2433 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2433/bugfix-explicitly-use-integer-division-in/diff .
Bugfix in octree indexing. PR 2434 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2434/bugfix-explicitly-use-integer-division-in/diff .
Fixing behavior of ProfilePlots and Profiles PR 2437 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2437/bugfix-fix-rich-display-of-profileplot-in/diff , PR 2448 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2448/bugfix-more-careful-treatment-of-profile/diff .
Bugfix for EPSWritter handing dicts in PlotsWindow instances. PR 2440 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2440/updating-eps_writer-to-handle-a-plotwindow/diff .
Ensuring ion fields utilize dataset's metal-specific fields PR 2442 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2442/making-nuclei-density-fields-more-robust/diff .
Assure no orphaned mercurial processes PR 2449 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2449/interact-with-mercurial-repositories-using/diff .
Adding checks for bad values in AbsorptionSpectrum PR 2450 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2450/adding-check-for-negative-column-densities/diff .
Bugfix in geographic handler PR 2452 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2452/fixing-x-y-axis-confusion-in-the/diff .
Bringing gadget data more inline with other SPH datasets PR 2456 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2456/enabling-gadget-frontend-to-alias/diff , PR 2436 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2436/bugfix-use-integer-division-in-gadget-io/diff .
Bugfix when OpenMP unavailable PR 2458 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2458.
Enable light_ray_solution saved to actual LightRay class PR 2460 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2460/save-light-ray-solution-to-dataset/diff .
Assure path uses dataset's own unit system. PR 2462 https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-requests/2462/path-unit-should-use-datasets-unit-system/diff .
Cameron Hummels, On behalf of the yt development team