v0.0.1rc1

What's Changed

• Let bffile support Java 8 by @ctrueden in #1
• tests: add tests by @tlambert03 in #2
• ci(dependabot): bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #8
• ci(dependabot): bump actions/setup-java from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #7
• ci(dependabot): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 5 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #9
• ci(dependabot): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #10
• Update repo by @tlambert03 in #11
• update java stuff by @tlambert03 in #12
• tests: more tests, small fixes with memoization by @tlambert03 in #14
• ci(dependabot): bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #13
• feat: full type safety, improved CI testing by @tlambert03 in #15
• fix: don't depend on dask for to_numpy by @tlambert03 in #18
• chore: update license by @tlambert03 in #21
• feat: add some info-gathering methods by @tlambert03 in #22
• test: don't test Java 8 (unsupported), document bioformats version support, fix tests by @tlambert03 in #23
• feat: LazyArray API by @tlambert03 in #20
• add size property to LazyBioArray by @psobolewskiPhD in #25
• feat: implement tiled reading for 2D planes > 2GB by @tlambert03 in #27
• Feat: add a Series proxy object, expose more bioformats api by @tlambert03 in #26
• feat: implement caching and fetching of test data from R2 bucket by @tlambert03 in #28
• feat: add ndv script by @tlambert03 in #31
• docs: add documentation by @tlambert03 in #29
• Update URLs in zensical.toml for project links by @psobolewskiPhD in #33
• chore: more repo renaming by @tlambert03 in #35
• feat: improve lifecycle management/efficiency, better docs by @tlambert03 in #34
• Revise project description and add documentation link by @tlambert03 in #36
• fix: Fix issue with _read_plane_tiled by ensuring tile_data is copied from Java buffer to Python by @psobolewskiPhD in #37
• feat: add Zarr store - present bioformats-backed file as a full virtual OME-Zarr by @tlambert03 in #30
• feat: add napari_view script by @tlambert03 in #39
• [napari] Small tweaks: py313 for now, async by default, rgb and scale handling by @psobolewskiPhD in #43
• feat: make lazy arrays lazier by @tlambert03 in #42
• [napari] Ensure --res can be used for pyramidal images to specify a single res by @psobolewskiPhD in #44
• feat: add xarray support by @tlambert03 in #45
• refactor: cleanup API by @tlambert03 in #46
• ci: make sure all tests run without any third party libs installed by @tlambert03 in #47

New Contributors

• @ctrueden made their first contribution in #1
• @tlambert03 made their first contribution in #2
• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #8
• @psobolewskiPhD made their first contribution in #25

Full Changelog: https://github.com/imaging-formats/bffile/commits/v0.0.1rc1