rtc-tools/rtc-tools 2.8.0

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What's Changed

This release adds new features for LP/MILP problem export and custom solver plugin integration, migrates the build tooling to uv, and includes several performance improvements and bug fixes. Python support is updated to 3.10–3.14.

Features

• optimization: Add LP file export for linear problems by @jarsarasty in #1752
• feat(util): Add RTCTOOLS_EXTRA_CASADIPATH for custom solver plugin path by @jarsarasty in #1767
• CollocatedIntegratedOptimizationProblem: Add option to inline delay expressions by @jbaayen in #1712
• pi: Check assumption of zero-based ensembleMemberIndex by @Ailbhemit in #1721
• Examples: Add fallback solver example by @SGeeversAtVortech in #1680

Bug Fixes

• fix(optimization): Correct downhill logic and orifice flow constraints by @k-horvath-deltares in #1803
• fix(optimization): Raise ValueError for non-symbolic scalar constraints by @jarsarasty in #1755
• fix(optimization): Correct previously introduced wrong solver flag when the run fails by @k-horvath-deltares in #1703
• fix(optimization): Fix delay expression for models containing extra variables by @k-horvath-deltares in #1746
• ControlTreeMixin: Fix overflow by using int64 rather than int16 for control indices by @jbaayen in #1707
• pi: Fix incorrect assumption that the longest timeseries covers all timesteps — use union of all timeseries times instead by @k-horvath-deltares in #1710
• fix: Element count for path variable slices by @jarsarasty in #1784
• fix(rtctoolsapp): Fix download examples from release zipball by @FaridAlavi in #1805
• SinglePassGPMixin: Fix seeding of epsilons for the first priority by @jackvreeken in #1723
• CollInt: Fix symbolic parameter substitution by @jackvreeken in #1701
• CollInt/casadi_helpers: Fix NumPy 2.4 error, CasADi 3.6 substitution and related lowest/highest dependency issues by @jackvreeken in #1743
• pyproject.toml: Fix allowing CasADi 3.7.* by @jackvreeken in #1708
• doc/conf.py: Fix version import after hatch-vcs migration by @jackvreeken in #1736

Performance

• CollInt: Optimize performance of inline_delay_expressions by @jackvreeken in #1726
• CollInt: Optimize constant input mapping by avoiding repacking by @jackvreeken in #1732

Compatibility

• Python: Bump to Python 3.10–3.14; drop 3.9 by @jackvreeken in #1729
• pymoca: Bump to 0.11.* and add rtc-tools-standard-library dependency by @jarsarasty in #1764
• build: Pin pymoca to 0.9.* and fix download URL scheme by @jarsarasty in #1802
• Modernize type hints to align with Python 3.10+ standards by @jackvreeken in #1727

Build / Tooling

• Use uv as package manager by @jackvreeken in #1695
• CI: Test with oldest and newest versions of dependencies by @jackvreeken in #1696
• CI: Fix CI/CD — remove SonarCloud, update repository references by @jackvreeken in #1728
• CI: Add SonarQube Cloud config and scan by @ModeSevenIndustrialSolutions in #1786
• CI: Allow SonarQube scan step to fail without blocking CI by @jarsarasty in #1788
• CI: Run examples job on pull requests by @jarsarasty in #1778
• Workflows: Pin setup-uv to specific commit SHA for security by @jarsarasty in #1716
• deps: Update vulnerable transitive dependencies by @jarsarasty in #1779
• build(deps): Bump pillow from 12.0.0 to 12.2.0 by @dependabot in #1749, #1781
• build(deps): Bump urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.7.0 by @dependabot in #1751, #1791
• build(deps): Bump uv from 0.9.24 to 0.11.15 by @dependabot in #1793, #1800
• build(deps): Bump idna from 3.11 to 3.15 by @dependabot in #1794
• build(deps-dev): Bump pytest from 8.4.0 to 9.0.3 by @dependabot in #1792

Testing

• test(modelica_mixin): Replace repr() comparisons with numerical evaluation by @jarsarasty in #1780

Documentation

• doc: Add LF Energy branding, logo, and improve docs build setup by @jarsarasty in #1750
• docs: Add LF Energy governance and update documentation by @jarsarasty in #1705
• docs: Add section on building the documentation to CONTRIBUTING.md by @jarsarasty in #1765
• docs: Update documentation to align with LF Energy project description by @jarsarasty in #1734
• Doc: Add 'related projects' to ToC by @jbaayen in #1737
• Doc: Fix Sphinx errors by @BernhardBecker in #1774
• docs: Update link to 'Modelica by Example' in modelica_models.rst by @jarsarasty in #1714
• docs(readme): Add TeamCity, PyPI, LFX Health Score, and license badges by @jarsarasty in #1809
• docs(readme): Update SonarCloud badges by @FaridAlavi in #1806
• Update README.md by @BernhardBecker in #1713
• AUTHORS: Update list by @jarsarasty in #1719

Full Changelog: 2.7.3...2.8.0