24.8.0 (2024-08-29)

This release contains a large number of bug fixes and small improvements, and sets the stage for the major cycling improvement (#750) coming in the next release in a few days.

What's Changed

• Parse recipe variables as python literals by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #683
• Fixed metplus config issue by dasha-shchep in #693
• Clarify error message on missing files by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #663
• Update testing.rst by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #696
• Correct rst syntax added in #696 by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #700
• Suggest descriptive PR titles instead of changelog entry by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #701
• Improve PR title documentation in developer's guide by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #707
• Remove Fixes placeholder in PR template by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #705
• Update section header to match PR checklist item by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #704
• Minor wording tweak in marking PR as ready to review docs by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #702
• Add canonical URL links to documentation by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #650
• Clarify running specific tests by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #703
• Fix SET_SUBAREA being required to run some LFRIC recipes by dasha-shchep in #717
• Remove deprecated postage stamp contour plot operator by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #710
• Remove unneeded fallback code for old recipe step keys by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #711
• Test vertical plotting with a filename specified by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #712
• Test running recipes with no collate steps and running with a specified style file by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #713
• Test handling of masked arrays in convection operators, and load convection test files with fixtures by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #714
• Ignore cartopy DownloadWarning in pytest by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #716
• LFRic extension to vertical profile by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #638
• Remove unneeded rose edit setting by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #722
• Test higher dimentional orography handling in convection operators by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #715
• Support STASH codes in generate_var_constraint by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #723
• Add cross-section transect functionality by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #531
• Extend UM vertical plotting to model level by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #697
• UM spatial plot on model levels by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #699
• Enable spatial fields on full and half levels by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #695
• Fix bug in transect operator by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #731
• Unquote double quoted shell values by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #729
• Remove invalid rose meta trigger for removed variable by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #733
• Add _utils operators to internal function documentation by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #735
• Don't check documentation hyperlinks in commit CI by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #749
• Generate Histograms for 2D field by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #594
• Tidy up documentation around recipes and cset bake command, introducing examples by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #641
• Create operator to combine Cubes/CubeList into single CubeList by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #738
• Update copyright attribution per legal advice by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #753
• Regrid to take CubeList and Cubes by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #734
• Enhance level filter operator to return all vertical levels by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #728
• Mass retrieval fix by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #759
• Copy source files from any named folder when installing locally by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #472
• Add missing brackets to TemporaryDirectory call when installing local CSET by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #760
• Move all website files under the workflow shared directory by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #764
• Fix overwriting when using transect on multiple variables by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #766
• Add Q-Q plot functionality by David Flack (@daflack) in #642
• Add nc-time-axis to dependencies by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #767
• Fix plot frames jumping around by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #772
• Surface field histogram by Sylvia Bohnenstengel (@Sylviabohnenstengel) in #640
• Preload plot images on web page by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #781
• Extract single point data by Jon Shonk (@JKPShonk) in #577
• Filter irrelevant warning raised by regrid test by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #796
• Merge and concatinate cubes on load by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #790
• Allow Point cell methods for empty constraint, making it possible to unify UM and LFRic recipes by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #778
• Merge install_local_cset into build_conda so environment is setup in a single cylc task by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #791
• Convert time AuxCoord to DimCoord for LFRic data by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #789
• Cancel running PR checks if new commit is pushed by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #793
• Stop ruff warning about ignore-init-module-imports by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #800
• Parsing of float in workflow by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #802
• Configurable plotting resolution by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #803
• General small plot improvements and website organisation by James Warner (@jwarner8) in #801
• Set figsize to consistent 8 by 8 inches, and reduce resolution to 100 dpi by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #786
• Remove LFRic specific recipes now recipes can handle both UM and LFRic data by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #805
• Move workflow utility code into unstable module within CSET package by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #792
• Add pcolormesh plotting operator by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #787
• Use pcolormesh for Quicklook surface spatial plots by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #788
• Create the plot index in finish_website to avoid a data race between concurrent index writers by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #794
• Add release notes for CSET v24.8.0 by James Frost (@jfrost-mo) in #816

Full Changelog: v24.6.0...v24.8.0