Version 1.13.0

The 1.13.0 is the last release of Param before the 2.0 release. However, Param 1.13 is meant to receive long-term support; security patches and fixes to critical bugs are planned to be backported to the 1.13.x series.

This release includes a new Bytes Parameter and a few important bug fixes. This release is also marked by the adoption of a formal project governance, ensuring Param's future as a healthy open-source project. Many thanks to @ovidner and @droumis for their first contributions! And to @maximlt, @Hoxbro, @jlstevens, @philippjfr and @jbednar for their continuing support to fixing and improving Param.

Bug fixes:

• Fix copying when having watchers on e.g. bounds on inherited Parameter types (#675)
• Allow JSON serialization to work with json.dumps (#655)
• ListSelector restricted to list type objects (#531)
• Fix depends async wrapper (#684)
• Allow named colors to be any case (#711)

New features:

• Add Bytes parameter (#542)

Documentation:

• Fix param module link (#682)

Project governance:

• Create initial project governance docs (#674)

Maintenance:

• Rename master branch to main (#672)
• Add more tests (#710)
• Various CI related fixes (#680, #683 and #709)