6th 2025 Improvement

[mdekstrand]

Another feature release for 2025, with some bug fixes as well.

See the release notes for user-friendly details.

What's Changed

• Update PyArrow to 22.x by @mdekstrand in Update PyArrow to 22.x #914
• Build Conda packages on MacOS Intel by @mdekstrand in Build Conda packages on MacOS Intel #913
• Update locked dependencies and support Python 3.14 by @mdekstrand in Update locked dependencies and support Python 3.14 #915
• CI build and test coverage updates by @mdekstrand in CI build and test coverage updates #919
• FA*IR: bug fixes and test updates by @samiravaez in FA*IR: bug fixes and test updates #918
• ItemKNN: return neighbor counts + disable scoring parallelism by @mdekstrand in ItemKNN: return neighbor counts + disable scoring parallelism #922
• Add rank_biased_precision function that takes explicit weights by @sushobhan2024 in Add rank_biased_precision function that takes explicit weights #923
• Add unified object representation function and more str/repr implementations by @mdekstrand in Add unified object representation function and more __str__/__repr__ implementations #924
• De-flake the stochastic tests by @mdekstrand in De-flake the stochastic tests #925
• Add Bash-based CLI tests by @mdekstrand in Add Bash-based CLI tests #926
• Add concat and merge operations to ItemList by @mdekstrand in Add concat and merge operations to ItemList #927
• Reduce test burden for PyTorch-optimized components by @mdekstrand in Reduce test burden for PyTorch-optimized components #928
• Add initial support for session-based recommendation by @mdekstrand in Add initial support for session-based recommendation #929
• Add cat_matrix to AttributeSet by @sushobhan2024 in Add cat_matrix to AttributeSet #912
• FAIR: select protected items when they are ranked before unprotected items by @samiravaez in FAIR: select protected items when they are ranked before unprotected items #939
• Add additional support and tests for generating session recommendations by @mdekstrand in Add additional support and tests for generating session recommendations #945
• Add co_occurrence method to relationships by @mdekstrand in Add co_occurrence method to relationships #950

Full Changelog: v2025.5.0...v2025.6.0

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