v2.7.0rc1

This is a release candidate for Bilby 2.7.0. There are a few major changes/additions in this release along with minor changes and removals.

Major changes

• Likelihood instances can now be called as likelihood.log_likelihood(parameters), see here for more information.
• Support the new API in dynesty=3
• Add a new WaveformGenerator capable of using arbitrary waveform models implemented through the gwsignal waveform interface.

Additions

• Added WeightedCategorical-Prior by @JasperMartins in #893
• ENH: Implement DiscreteValues prior by @unkaktus in #947
• ENH: Allow no parameters as state by @ColmTalbot in #941
• ENH: add support for new dynesty api by @ColmTalbot in #950
• FEAT: add gwsignal waveform generator by @ColmTalbot in #877

Fixes

• BUG: Fix sampling efficiency warning by @fgittins in #953
• TYPO: fix random call in example by @ColmTalbot in #973
• BUG: Fix matched filter SNR calculation in time domain injection by @ColmTalbot in #957
• TST: mark whitened strain tests as flaky by @mj-will in #987
• MAINT: update file extension logic by @mj-will in #962
• BUG: Custom prior loading by @asb5468 in #940
• BUG: Update sampler_init_kwargs for dynestyv3 compatibility by @ColmTalbot in #994
• BUG: Refactor mapper assignment for new dynesty API by @ColmTalbot in #998

Changes

• ENH: plot_multiple: Allow plotting onto user-defined figure by @unkaktus in #946
• MAINT: change RNG imports by @mj-will in #943
• MAINT: np.trapz -> np.trapezoid by @ColmTalbot in #974
• MAINT: define Planck15-LAL cosmology using LAL constants by @mj-will in #932
• DEV: make sure all priors return float when needed by @ColmTalbot in #979
• Replace pytables with h5py by @duncanmmacleod in #982

Deprecations

• DEP: deprecate dnest4 interface by @ColmTalbot in #980

Removed

• MAINT: remove unsupported roq json weight file format by @ColmTalbot in #945

Other changes

• DOC: Fixed README link for opening bilby_pipe issues by @mick-wright in #922
• DOC: Correct docs for use_ratio argument of run_sampler by @mattpitkin in #958
• CI: add merge_group to enable merge queue by @mj-will in #983
• TST: remove dnest4 import test by @ColmTalbot in #984
• BLD: migrate to pyproject.toml by @mj-will in #952
• BLD: use release branches by @mj-will in #954

New Contributors

• @fgittins made their first contribution in #953
• @duncanmmacleod made their first contribution in #982

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.7.0rc1