Changelog for QCoDeS 0.28.0

The August 2021 release of QCoDeS.

Breaking Changes:

get_guids_from_multiple_run_ids accepts connection over dbpath in the function. (3222)

New:

Use thread pool when acquiring parameters to save time on recreating threads, new ThreadPoolParamsCaller, use it in do1d, do2d, dond. (3170)
QCoDeS has not the ability to set a default experiment in a Python session, and now, creating/ loading an experiment automatically sets that experiment as the default one. (3214)
The dond function has gained the ability to produce multiple datasets when measuring multiple parameters. (3186)
Make parameter registration on instrument part of parameter init. (3191)
Add post sweep actions to doND sweeps. (3283)
load experiment functions accept duplicated experiment name, and new_experiment warns if creates duplicated experiment. (3296)

Improved:

Fix shapes of dond datasets with additional setpoints. (3305)

Improved drivers:

Update voltage parameter for Keithley2600 SMU to be aware of measurement status. (3251)

Under the hood:

Adding a Sphinx extension to document Parameter attributes. (3224)
Work around legacy test issue with hf51.12.1 on conda forge. (3278)
Make qcodes install mostly pep517/518 compliant. (3288)
Log all installed packages. (3289)
Remove pre-commit job from the repository in favor of pre-commit integration in the CI. (3293, 3290)
Explicitly depend on setuptools. (3294)