chore: merge develop into master for v0.4.1 release

[danielolsen]

Purpose

Merge develop into master for a v0.4.1 release

Proposed release notes

Closed Issues

• Use pandas to update ScenarioList and ExecuteList (Use pandas to update ScenarioList and ExecuteList #412)
• Reorganize documentation (Reorganize documentation #413)
• Handle USA profiles (Handle USA profiles #415)
• Simplify calls to State methods from Scenario object (Simplify calls to State methods from Scenario object #418)
• get_bus_demand cannot be called using Scenario in create state (get_bus_demand cannot be called using Scenario in create state #421)
• ScenarioList and ExecuteList management are not robust to several parallel sessions (ScenarioList and ExecuteList management are not robust to several parallel sessions. #426)
• param str/list interconnect: interconnect name(s) (param str/list interconnect: interconnect name(s). #436)
• Grid dataframe values are shared via the MemoryCache (Grid dataframe values are shared via the MemoryCache #443)
• Improve documentation of element additions via the change table (Improve documentation of element additions via the change table #445)
• Allow calculate_mw_miles to be used for Scenario in Create state (Allow calculate_mw_miles to be used for Scenario in Create state #457)
• Include new branches in calculations of MW-miles of upgrades (Include new branches in calculations of MW-miles of upgrades #458)
• Allow scaling of added elements (Allow scaling of added elements #464)

Merged pull requests (features)

• refactor: improve usability of Scenario object (refactor: improve usability of Scenario object #420) (@danielolsen)
• feat: add 'cost' method to upgrade prioritization (feat: add 'cost' method to upgrade prioritization #452) (@danielolsen)
• feat: change makedir implementation to be os agnostic (feat: change makedir implementation to be os agnostic #456) (@jon-hagg)
• feat: os agnostic file existence check (feat: os agnostic file existence check #459) (@jon-hagg)
• feat: os agnostic rm functionality (feat: os agnostic rm functionality #461) (@jon-hagg)
• feat: improve flexibility of MW-miles calculation, for Create state and new branches (feat: improve flexibility of MW-miles calculation, for Create state and new branches #463) (@danielolsen)
• feat: allow scaling of added elements (feat: allow scaling of added elements #466) (@danielolsen)

Merged pull requests (fixes, etc.)

• Manage scenario/execute list using pandas (Manage scenario/execute list using pandas #416) (@jon-hagg)
• Download profiles from blob storage (Download profiles from blob storage #419) (@jon-hagg)
• fix: ensure that get_bus_demand works in Create state (fix: ensure that get_bus_demand works in Create state #422) (@danielolsen)
• docs: fix and improve docstrings (docs: fix and improve docstrings #424) (@rouille)
• ci: add pep8-naming check to flake8 and ignore a bunch of warnings (ci: add pep8-naming check to flake8 and ignore a bunch of warnings #425) (@jon-hagg)
• fix: upload storage matfile to server (fix: upload storage matfile to server #427) (@danielolsen)
• Update variable names for cost curve visualization (Update variable names for cost curve visualization #428) (@lanesmith)
• Reduce chance of concurrency issues (Reduce chance of concurrency issues #429) (@jon-hagg)
• ci: build and push docker image (ci: build and push docker image #431) (@jon-hagg)
• Rewrite README (Rewrite README #432) (@rouille)
• doc: fix docstring (doc: fix docstring #435) (@danielolsen)
• docs: improve docstring of Grid class (docs: improve docstring of Grid class #437) (@rouille)
• Correct bug for Scenario init with bad descriptor (Correct bug for Scenario init with bad descriptor #440) (@danielolsen)
• fix: use os-specific path join for testing (fix: use os-specific path join for testing #441) (@danielolsen)
• chore(deps): bump urllib3 from 1.26.3 to 1.26.4 (@dependabot)
• fix: add deepcopy on the way into MemoryCache (fix: add deepcopy on the way into MemoryCache #444) (@danielolsen)
• fix: cleanup temp file and fix PermissionError when file is in use (fix: cleanup temp file and fix PermissionError when file is in use #446) (@jon-hagg)
• fix: close temp file before trying to move/delete (fix: close temp file before trying to move/delete #449) (@danielolsen)
• fix: ensure that per-element investment cost are calculated accurately (fix: ensure that per-element investment cost are calculated accurately #450) (@danielolsen)
• doc: update ChangeTable docstrings (doc: update ChangeTable docstrings #451) (@danielolsen)
• chore: create bug report issue template (chore: create bug report issue template #454) (@rouille)
• fix: enable AC investment costs to be calculated for branches connected to new buses (fix: enable AC investment costs to be calculated for branches connected to new buses #462) (@danielolsen)
• doc/refactor: improve documentation and usability of investment costs (doc/refactor: improve documentation and usability of investment costs #465) (@danielolsen)
• ci: add workflow_dispatch trigger to docker build (ci: add workflow_dispatch trigger to docker build #469) (@jon-hagg)
• chore: bump version number to v0.4.1 (chore: bump version number to v0.4.1 #470) (@danielolsen)

[BainanXia]

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[rouille]

Thanks

[kasparm]

Thank you.