Version 1.4.0rc1 Release

What's Changed

• Fixed status badge by @kbonney in #489
• Added a getting started Jupyter notebook by @kbonney in #469
• Bug fix for libepanet binaries, replaced with files from the latest build of MSX by @kbonney in #495
• Added a demand pattern library by @kaklise in #492
• Added a model development Jupyter notebook tutorial by @kaklise in #491
• Added a salt water intrusion Jupyter notebook tutorial by @kbonney in #455
• Added minor revisions to Jupyter Notebooks and documentation by @kaklise in #499
• Removed version restriction on geopandas, and remove fiona optional dependency by @angusmcb in #488
• Updated documentation to include release instructions, plus minor formatting updates by @kaklise in #502
• Moved tests from Jupyter Notebooks to GitHub Action tests by @kaklise in #505
• Bug fix for initial status and initial setting used by the WNTRSimulator by @kaklise in #506
• Added signing of dylibs for Apple Silicon by @meggrasse in #498
• Bug fix for MSX initial concentration and sources by @dbhart in #507
• Resolved GeoPandas deprecation warnings by @emmanuel-ferdman in #510
• Bug fix for vertices setter to allow for list of lists by @kaklise in #522
• Added a model library by @kbonney in #509
• Updated the notebook test to compare additional results by @kaklise in #525
• Bug fix for MSX using add_source() so dictionary structure matches write_source_dict() in io by @ckarrenb in #523
• Updated _read_control_lines() to handle EPANET rules by @kbonney in #532
• Migration to Numpy 2 by @kbonney in #528
• Updated pump efficiency curves so they are treated like other curves by @angusmcb in #530
• Bug fix for GPV curve conversion from Unit Headloss to Absolute Headloss by @angusmcb in #529
• Added valve vertices to from_dict by @angusmcb in #519
• Added element property float checking by @angusmcb in #521
• Added check value for pump power and tests by @angusmcb in #520
• Updated plot_network to use geopandas (networkx is still used by default) by @kbonney in #451
• Restored demo test files by @kaklise in #535

New Contributors

• @meggrasse made their first contribution in #498
• @emmanuel-ferdman made their first contribution in #510
• @ckarrenb made their first contribution in #523

Full Changelog: 1.3.2...1.4.0rc1