0.4.0

Highlights

This release adds support for compressing the shuffled data with ZSTD a new algorithm that allows for higher compression ratios and tunable performance (#104, thanks @james-s-willis). It also changes bitshuffle to load libhdf5 dynamically. This means that bitshuffle and h5py do not need to be built against the same HDF5 installation, and allows us to distribute pre-built binary wheels (#81, thanks @t20100).

What's Changed

• Windows MSVC by @diorcety in #68
• using signed 64-bit integer for OpenMP under MSVC by @psteinb in #70
• Fix plugin tests for newer h5py. by @kiyo-masui in #77
• Hotfixes by @kiyo-masui in #79
• build(setup): add -march option by @nritsche in #86
• Fix tests by @nritsche in #91
• add missing prototype for bshuf_using_NEON by @nritsche in #92
• Move CI to github actions by @nritsche in #93
• Loading libhdf5 dynamically from bitshuffle.h5 by @t20100 in #81
• Build bitshuffle wheels by @james-s-willis in #98
• only use NEON for aarch64 by @Millak in #73
• Enable compilation/optimisation on powerpc by @james-s-willis in #102
• Use nogil for shuffle/unshuffle and compress/decompress by @james-s-willis in #103
• update lz4 to 1.9.3 and replace deprecated lz4 functions by @weninc in #99
• Load all symbols from HDF5 by @james-s-willis in #108
• Add ZSTD support by @james-s-willis in #104
• Using h5 filter from C++ needs extern "C" by @satarsa in #83
• style: black formatting by @jrs65 in #112

New Contributors

• @diorcety made their first contribution in #68
• @psteinb made their first contribution in #70
• @nritsche made their first contribution in #86
• @t20100 made their first contribution in #81
• @james-s-willis made their first contribution in #98
• @Millak made their first contribution in #73
• @weninc made their first contribution in #99
• @satarsa made their first contribution in #83

Full Changelog: 0.3.5...0.4.0