v2.5.0rc2

What's Changed

• Limit number of sources to 1000 by @momchil-flex in #1202
• Test initialization speed of a metalens with 10_000 structures by @momchil-flex in #1201
• Fix updater for hdf5 files with custom data, and add hdf5 files to automatic updater testing by @momchil-flex in #1200
• broadband adjoint (2.5) by @tylerflex in #1192
• Add to_gds to Simulation, Structure and Geometry (#883) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1194
• Take make_json_compatible out of _json_string as a standalone method by @momchil-flex in #1204
• Optimize workbench url. by @magiWei in #1206
• Adding verbose argument to estimate_cost and real_cost by @momchil-flex in #1207
• unpin boto and click by @tylerflex in #1210
• 2.5 changes by @tylerflex in #1190
• Space-time modulation of all types of materials by @weiliangjin2021 in #1188
• Bugfix for polarization sorting with non-existent modes by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1215
• Add support for geometry transformations by @lucas-flexcompute in #1203
• handle case with no adjoint sources by @tylerflex in #1218
• Setting protocol_version to None if solver_version provided by @momchil-flex in #1219
• Scene/AbstractSimualtion/Simulation/HeatSimulation cleaning by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1211
• Error instead of warning for zero-dim boundaries not periodic or Bloch by @shashwat-sh in #1221

Full Changelog: v2.5.0rc1...v2.5.0rc2