This release contains a small number of important bug fixes as well as support for the newly added antialiasing option for line rendering in datashader. Many thanks to @andriyot, @Hoxbro, @pepijndevos, @stas-sl, @TheoMathurin, @maximlt, @jlstevens, @jbednar, and @philippjfr.
Enhancements:
- Improvements to extension loading, improving visual appearance in JupyterLab when no logo is used and a check to avoid loading unnecessary JavaScript (#5216, #5249)
- Add support for setting antialiased line_width on datashader line aggregation as well as pixel_ratio setting
(#5264, #5288) - Added options to customize hover line_width|cap|dash properties (#5211)
- Restored Python 2 compatibility that lapsed due to lack of CI testing since 1.14.3. This is expected to be the last release with
Python 2 support. (#5298)
Bug fixes:
- Fix to respect series order in stacked area plot (#5236)
- Support buffer streams of unspecified length (#5247)
- Fixed log axis lower bound when data minimum is <= 0 (#5246)
- Declared GitHub project URL in setup.py (#5227)
- Fixed streaming Psutil example application (#5243)
- Respecting Renderer’s center property for HoloViews pane (#5197)
- Fix vmin/vmax deprecation in HeatMap plot for matplotlib > 3.3 (#5300)
Documentation: