RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata: Version 2.4.2

This version has several improvements, the most notable are:

• Improvements to the MIR reader and interface.
• A new gridding-based baseline redundancy finding algorithm that is now used by default (the older algorithm is still available).
• A new UVBeam.new() method that creates a new, self-consistent UVBeam object from scratch from a set of flexible input parameters.
• Improvements for handling of telescopes on the moon.

Full changes detailed below and in our changelog:

What's Changed

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1350
• Better handing of discrepancies for LSTs and telescope position in check by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1356
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1358
• MS writer improvements by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1363
• Pyx datatypes by @mkolopanis in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1357
• Clean up freq_range and freq_array handling in UVCal by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1361
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1366
• Drop python 3.8 support, add python 3.12 by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1367
• Update flake8 plugin versions to match CI by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1364
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1369
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1370
• Uvh5 memo updates by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1368
• Updating antenna positions in UVData by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1372
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1373
• Run the tutorial plotting code in doctests by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1374
• Replacing deprecated scipy simps method in MWA code by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1377
• Add a UVBeam.new() method similar to the ones on UVData and UVCal by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1378
• Minor bug fix for tests.WarningChecker when IERS is down by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1382
• Miriad support (UVFITS and UV file writing) and MS write with legacy array shape by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1392
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1385
• Fix so that write_uvfits doesn't change the object, add loopback testing by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1393
• Mcmf enu calc by @mkolopanis in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1376
• SMA/MirParser Improvements by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1371
• Add a changelog entry for small UVFlag bug fixed in a recent PR by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1394
• Fix CI by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1398
• Handle differently sorted ant metadata in UVFlag to_baseline and to_antenna by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1397
• Minor fixes for handling of older SMA data by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1399
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1400
• Adding support for initializing MirParser from Path objects by @kartographer in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1405
• ignore warnings in hera_cal and hera_qm test runs by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1402
• Add an option to use the HERA gridding algorithm to find redundancies by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1403
• Prepare for v2.4.2 by @bhazelton in https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/pull/1406

Full Changelog: https://github.com/RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata/compare/v2.4.1...v2.4.2