DOC: release notes for v1.8.0

[mrakitin]

Here are the relevant updates which will be added to the release description (auto-generated by GitHub).

What's Changed

• add support for EPICS area detector pvaDriver cam by @prjemian in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1055
• Adopt isort by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1064
• Make SynAxis produce an updating MoveStatus by @callumforrester in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1036
• Fix capture signal was always triggered by @physwkim in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1066
• Move settings to setup.cfg and use setuptools-scm by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1065
• Fix SynAxisNoPosition by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1068
• Add v2 dir by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1067
• Make CI run on external PRs by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1071
• Use pydata docs theme and make a space for v2 docs by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1076
• Deploy to the correct place by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1077
• DOC: fixed minor typo. by @clintonroy in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1079
• DOC: minor typo fix. by @clintonroy in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1080
• DOC: added a shutter example of a PVPositionerComparator by @clintonroy in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1081
• Update LICENSE by @stuartcampbell in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1082
• Ophyd v2 core by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1078
• Fix docs linking by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1085
• Change make_dir_tree default dir mode to 755 by @mrakitin in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1087
• Add status repr to WaitTimeoutError message by @dperl-dls in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1088
• DOC: fix install instructions in README by @mrakitin in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1089
• BUG: Let channelsim work with enums by @tizayi in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1093
• ENH: Add enum descriptor support to ChannelCa by @tizayi in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1097
• BUG: isinstance calls property success before status object is done by @tizayi in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1099
• v2: try to fix some constantly failing tests by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1105
• Ophyd v2: add _exception to AsyncStatus to propagate errors through FailedStatus. by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1103
• v2: Add dict support by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1104
• propagate errors through wait_for_connection by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1109
• Initial p4p channel implementation by @ajgdls in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1096
• v2: Make sim signal source look like real source by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1111
• v2: make device class concrete by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1107
• v2: Added bool support for 2 element CA/PVA enums by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1112
• V2 minor async status changes by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1110
• v2 Fix traceback of a failed AsyncStatus object by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1114
• v2: remove monitor by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1125
• v2: Make stage/unstage async by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1123
• v2: Add set_and_wait_for_value() by @coretl in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1124
• Let SimSignalBackend accept npt.NDArray datatypes by @RAYemelyanova in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1118

New Contributors

• @physwkim made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1066
• @stuartcampbell made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1082
• @dperl-dls made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1088
• @tizayi made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1093
• @RAYemelyanova made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1105
• @ajgdls made their first contribution in https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/pull/1096

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0

[coretl]

Hmm, docs aren't building, I'll take a look

[coretl]

Looks like latest event-model is incompatible with ophyd, fix here: https://github.com/bluesky/event-model/pull/275

[mrakitin]

@coretl, thanks for your review and help with resolving the CI issues!

@prjemian, do you have any feedback on this PR?

[prjemian]

Aack! My feedback is that we missed a typo in PR #1055: https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/blob/574b4014bc843c65a593317f572dac580fae338a/ophyd/areadetector/cam.py#L43-L44

Line 44 should read PvaDetectorCam as written here: https://github.com/bluesky/ophyd/blob/574b4014bc843c65a593317f572dac580fae338a/ophyd/areadetector/cam.py#L1219

[prjemian]

I'll push that through in a new PR.

[mrakitin]

The release is out, thanks all! https://pypi.org/project/ophyd/1.8.0/