v0.17.0

This minor release updates the mimumum supported python to python = “^3.8”, addresses dependency vulnerabilities, and updates typing to conform with current mypy and pytest standards.

Updates / New Features

Python

• New minimum supported python changed to python = “^3.8”.

CI

• Updated CI unittests workflow to include codecov reporting. Reduced CodeCov report submission by skipping this step on scheduled runs.

• Updated CI unittests to reflect new minimum support python = “^3.8”.

Misc.

• Updated .gitignore away from the old monorepo version.

Documentation

• Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to reference smqtk-core’s CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Fixes

Dependency Versions

• Updated the locked version of urllib3 to address a security vulnerability.

• Updated the developer dependency and locked version of ipython to address a security vulnerability.

• Updated the required and locked version of pillow to address a security vulnerability.

• Removed jedi = “^0.17” requirement and updated to ipython = “^7.17.3” since recent ipython update appropriately addresses the dependency.

• Updated the locked versions of dependencies to reflect new minimum support `python = “^3.8”.