v1.7.0

Additions

• [python] add support for distributed PyTorch by @atolopko-czi in #699
• [python] Add X_layers argument to cellxgene_census.get_anndata() by @pablo-
• [python] Geneformer Dataset builder by @mlin in #762
• [python][misc] GHA for Python dependency checks by @bkmartinjr in #763
• [python] GeneformerTokenizer speed optimizations by @mlin in #784
• [python] add multi-batch-key support to highly-variable gene finder by @bkmartinjr in #788
• [python] Add exclude_zeros to pp.mean_variance by @ebezzi in #731
• [python] Add pytorch global shuffling by @atolopko-czi in #775
• [docs] Add "what's new?" article for out-of-core methods by @pablo-gar in #765
• [docs] Add "what's new?" article for out-of-core methods by @pablo-gar in #765
• [docs] Create newsletter_september2023.md by @MaximilianLombardo in #732
• [docs] Adds normalized layer banner to landing page by @pablo-gar in #808
• [docs] editorial changes to october news by @ebezzi in #810
• [docs] Add documentation for AWS by @pablo-gar in #823
• [builder] Add additional debug logging by @ebezzi in #770
• [misc] Add authentication to py-dependency-check workflow by @bkmartinjr in #768
• [misc] LTS / package compatibility check by @bkmartinjr in #797

Fixes

• [python] Fix import in example for geneformer tokenizer by @pablo-gar in #780
• [python] remove unnecessary dependency pin by @bkmartinjr in #802
• [python] temporarily skip geneformer tests by @mlin in #818
• [python] add PEP 561 py.typed marker by @bkmartinjr in #822
• [python] Fix HVG crasher by @bkmartinjr in #821
• [docs] Fix minor typo in blog post about out-of-core functionalities by @aaronwolen in #774
• [docs] Fix minor typo in blog post about out-of-core functionalities by
• [docs] fix index docs for AWS page by @pablo-gar in #825
• [docs] fix typos AWS page by @pablo-gar in #826
• [builder] thread usage tuning by @bkmartinjr in #759
• [builder] Fix additional builder logging by @ebezzi in #771
  gar in #761
• [builder] perform all consolidation modes by @bkmartinjr in #773
• [builder] Restore h5ad replication by @ebezzi in #783
• [misc] shorten Census LTS compatibility workflow name by @bkmartinjr in #803

What's Changed

• [python] limit runtime of --expensive unit tests by @bkmartinjr in #779
• [python][builder] Explicit LTS releases in releases.json by @atolopko-czi in #737
• [r] Bump r version to 1.7.0 by @pablo-gar in #828
• [builder] use TileDB core 2.16 by @bkmartinjr in #800
• [builder] update tiledbsoma pin to 1.4.4 by @bkmartinjr in #812

New Contributors

• @aaronwolen made their first contribution in #774
• @MaximilianLombardo made their first contribution in #732

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0