v1.29.0

[tamargrey]

v1.29.0 Feb 16, 2024

warning:

This release of Featuretools will not support Python 3.8

• Fixes
  • Fix dependency issues (Fix for latest deps for woodwork 0.28.0 #2644, Remove premature numpy 2.0 pin #2656)
  • Add workaround for pandas 2.2.0 bug with nunique and unpin pandas deps (Support pandas 2.2.0 #2657)
• Changes
  • Fix deprecation warnings with is_categorical_dtype (Fix deprecation warnings with is_categorical_dtype #2641)
  • Remove woodwork, pyarrow, numpy, and pandas pins for spark installation (Unpin spark requirements #2661)
• Documentation Changes
  • Update Featuretools logo to display properly in dark mode (Update Featuretools logo with dark mode version #2632)
• Testing Changes
  • Update tests for compatibility with new versions of holidays (Fixes for holidays version >= 0.33.0 #2636)
  • Update ruff to 0.1.6 and use ruff linter/formatter (Remove black with ruff formatter #2639)
  • Update release.yaml to use trusted publisher for PyPI releases (Use trusted publisher for releases #2646, Update setup-python in release action #2653, Update release action to use real pypi server #2654)
  • Update dependency checkers and tests to include Dask (Add Dask to latest and min dependency checkers #2658)
  • Fix the tests that run with Woodwork main so they can be triggered (Support pandas 2.2.0 #2657)
  • Fix minimum dependency checker action (Fix Minimum Dependency Checker Action #2664)
  • Fix Slack alert for tests with Woodwork main branch (Fix Slack Alert for tests with Woodwork main #2668)