Release v1.5.0

[shuds13]

Target date: April 10 2025

General Updates:

• Migrate package build system to pyproject.toml (with pixi support). Add pyproject.toml, with pixi as project management tool. add pixi.lock #1459
• Use autodoc_mock_imports. Use autodoc_mock_imports #1497
• Remove python 3.9 support. Adjusting to account for 3.10 as minimum python version #1509
• Improve handling when no MPI found. Improve handling when no MPI found. #1514
• ensemble.save_output() / save_libE_output() functions can save without appending attributes append_attrs=False. Examples/gpcam notebook #1531
• Improve handling of worker-specific persis_info fields when they are not initially provided. Examples/gpcam notebook #1531
  • Bugfix: Fix final_gen_send when there are no worker-specific persis_info fields.
  • Handle worker-generated persis_info fields.
  • Ensure persis_info is initialized to an empty dictionary in user functions instead of None.

Examples:

• Update Ax generator for Ax v0.5.0. Update Ax multitask generator for Ax > 0.4.0 #1508
• Re-enable tests in extended suite that are now numpy2 compatible (inc. gpCAM and Ax).
• Rename gpCAM generators. Update naming of gpCAM gen functions #1516
  • persistent_gpCAM_ask_tell to persistent_gpCAM
  • persistent_gpCAM_simple to persistent_gpCAM_covar (in fact less simple)
• Persistent generators return None as first return value unless H_o is updated. Return None from persistent gens #1515
• Add LUMI to known platforms. Add LUMI support #1546

Documentation:

• Revamp Examples and HPC section of documentation. Docs/generator section refactor #1501, Docs/hpc running #1536, Refactor / update Bebop submission scripts #1539
• Add tutorial and notebook demonstrating surrogate model creation with gpCAM. Examples/gpcam notebook #1531
• Update Aurora guide. Update Aurora guide #1510
• Update and documented APOSMM/WarpX example. Docs/add warpx example #1543

Before release:

• Check colab notebooks.
• For gpcam when check - tmp change !pip install libensemble to !pip install git+https://github.com/Libensemble/libensemble.git@develop
• Add LUMI support
• Test Aurora with tiles.
• pyproject.toml versioning working - revert dynamic
• Check date is correct in release notes and .wci.yml etc...
• Check through docs
• re-consider submission scripts message - some system may require specifying resources.

From ax colab examples: should use this conditional install in the LibE examples

import sys
in_colab = 'google.colab' in sys.modules
if in_colab:
    %pip install ax-platform

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