Version 1.9.0

[1.9.0]

Added

• Added support for Python 3.11
• Update docker docs for new rabbitmq and redis server versions
• Added lgtm.com Badge for README.md
• More fixes for lgtm checks.
• Added merlin server command as a container option for broker and results_backend servers.
• Added new documentation for merlin server in docs and tutorial
• Added the flux_exec batch argument to allow for flux exec arguments,
  e.g. flux_exec: flux exec -r "0-1" to run celery workers only on
  ranks 0 and 1 of a multi-rank allocation
• Additional argument in test definitions to allow for a post "cleanup" command
• Capability for non-user block in yaml
• .readthedocs.yaml and requirements.txt files for docs
• Small modifications to the Tutorial, Getting Started, Command Line, and Contributing pages in the docs
• Compatibility with the newest version of Maestro (v. 1.1.9dev1)
• JSON schema validation for Merlin spec files
• New tests related to JSON schema validation
• Instructions in the "Contributing" page of the docs on how to add new blocks/fields to the spec file
• Brief explanation of the $(LAUNCHER) variable in the "Variables" page of the docs

Changed

• Removed support for Python 3.6
• Rename lgtm.yml to .lgtm.yml
• New shortcuts in specification file (sample_vector, sample_names, spec_original_template, spec_executed_run, spec_archived_copy)
• Update requirements to require redis 4.3.4 for acl user channel support
• Added ssl to the broker and results backend server checks when "merlin info" is called
• Removed theme_override.css from docs/_static/ since it is no longer needed with the updated version of sphinx
• Updated docs/Makefile to include a pip install for requirements and a clean command
• Update to the Tutorial and Contributing pages in the docs
• Changed what is stored in a Merlin DAG
  • We no longer store the entire Maestro ExecutionGraph object
  • We now only store the adjacency table and values obtained from the ExecutionGraph object
• Modified spec verification
• Update to require maestrowf 1.9.1dev1 or later

Fixed

• Fixed return values from scripts with main() to fix testing errors.
• CI test for CHANGELOG modifcations
• Typo "cert_req" to "cert_reqs" in the merlin config docs
• Removed emoji from issue templates that were breaking doc builds
• Including .temp template files in MANIFEST
• Styling in the footer for docs
• Horizontal scroll overlap in the variables page of the docs
• Reordered small part of Workflow Specification page in the docs in order to put "samples" back in the merlin block