Release v0.1.30: Migrate to Hatch, fix coverage reporting, and enhance interpolation support

[R7L208]

Changes

This release includes significant infrastructure improvements, build system migration from Tox to Hatch, enhanced testing capabilities, and expanded column type support for interpolation methods. The
release also fixes critical coverage reporting issues in CI/CD environments.

Linked issues

Resolves #434 (Fix coverage report generation error)
Resolves #429 (Add formatBlack in makefile)
Resolves #426 (Upgrade Tox to Hatch)
Resolves #425 (CICD updates)
Resolves #424 (Create preliminary makefile)
Resolves #421 (Allow more column types to be interpolated)

Functionality

• added relevant user documentation
• added a new Class method
• modified existing Class method: interpolation methods to support more column types
• added a new function
• modified existing function: _cleanup_delta_warehouse for test cleanup
• added a new test
• modified existing test: interpolation tests for new column types
• added a new example
• modified existing example: ...
• added a new utility
• modified existing utility: Makefile with extensive Python environment management

Tests

• manually tested
• added unit tests
• added integration tests
• verified on staging environment (screenshot attached)

Key Improvements

Build System Migration

• Successfully migrated from Tox to Hatch for improved dependency management
• Updated all CI/CD workflows to use make commands
• Enhanced Python version support (removed 3.8, added 3.11)

Testing Infrastructure

• Fixed critical coverage report generation errors in CI/CD
• Added automatic handling of parallel coverage files
• Implemented Delta warehouse cleanup for consistent test environments

Developer Experience

• Added formatBlack command for consistent code formatting
• Enhanced Makefile with comprehensive environment management
• Improved error messages and debugging capabilities

Code Quality

• Fixed bool type conversions for consistent type handling
• Resolved mypy type checking issues with scipy
• Enhanced interpolation support for additional column types

Breaking Changes

None

Migration Guide

Developers should update their local environments to use the new Hatch-based commands:

• Use make test instead of tox
• Use make format for code formatting
• Use make coverage-report for coverage reports

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This release v0.1.30 migrates the build system from Tox to Hatch, fixes critical coverage reporting issues, and enhances interpolation support for additional column types. The changes focus on improving developer experience and CI/CD reliability.

• Migrated build system from Tox to Hatch for better dependency management
• Fixed coverage report generation errors in CI/CD environments
• Enhanced interpolation methods to support more column types

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
python/version.py	Updated version number to 0.1.30 and removed unused import
CHANGELOG.md	Added comprehensive changelog documenting all changes and improvements

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

python/version.py:1

• The re import is being removed but there's no evidence it was unused. If this import removal is intentional because the regex functionality was refactored out, consider documenting this change or ensuring no regex operations are needed elsewhere in the version handling logic.

import subprocess

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[kwang-databricks]

lgtm