pysal/pysal: Release v26.07

Overall, there were 704 commits that closed 363 issues since our last release on 2026-01-31.

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Changes by Package

<a name="libpysal-v4.15.0"></a>

libpysal v4.15.0

• #882: DOC: switch to sphinx-immaterial theme
• #925: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7
• #924: feat: support array-like bandwidth in kernel functions
• #922: GHA: fix reverse dependency testing
• #923: DEP: pin Pulp to <4
• #921: update path for raster test data
• #917: ENH: add kernel input validation
• #920: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7
• #889: Support build of "adaptive" kernel graphs
• #905: ENH: Add adaptive bandwidth support to Graph.build_kernel
• #915: BUG: fix situations where linear geometries disappear in voronoi_frames
• #914: GHA: use dedicated environment for docs action
• #913: TST: eliminate warning about unary_union
• #912: ENH: add Graph.from_lattice
• #911: Sparse kernel weights
• #909: ENH: use sparse distance computation for compact-support kernels in Graph.build_kernel()
• #904: FIX: Fix index space mismatch in coplanar clique
• #897: BUG: cannot reindex on an axis with duplicate labels when using clique on coplanar points
• #910: add pulp and a "plus" dep to pyproject.toml
• #908: Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9
• #906: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #903: Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 2 to 3
• #902: DOC: update docs infra based on momepy lessons
• #900: source version info in docs from packaging
• #901: cancel doc builds in progress
• #899: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
• #890: Delete .ipynb_checkpoints directory
• #891: move to new docs/ dir structure
• #898: DOC: fix table rendering
• #441: Getting an error while trying to calculate knn weights from dataframe
• #896: DOC: resolve sphinx warnings
• #895: DOC: fold ReadMe to the docs
• #893: Optimise default weights generation using dict comprehension
• #894: Fix reverse dependency check
• #892: drop Python 311 support - spec0
• #881: Add deprecation for KDtree and Arc_KDTree
• #886: pandana link in build_travel_cost should point to pandarm instead
• #879: deprecate Arc_KDTree
• #885: Ref/docs
• #838: ENH: construction of distance-based weights directly from KDTree/BallTree
• #805: Allow construction of distance-based weights directly from KDTree/BallTree
• #887: add make_symmetric function to Graph
• #664: Interest in a mutual knn?
• #888: DOC: link to source from pages
• #884: DOC: convert RST to MD
• #883: DOC: CI for documentation and version switching
• #835: fix: handle distance arrays when calculating bandwidth
• #834: Improve graph._kernely.py performance
• #837: ENH: Implement Graph.from_dense
• #828: ENH: add Graph.from_dense
• #870: Add next steps guidance after installation
• #875: Add Python 3.14 support to testing matrix
• #876: trusted publishing to pypi via action – release_and_publish.yml
• #871: Enable MyST Markdown support for libpysal documentation
• #864: Docs : added guidance on what to do after the installation
• #867: Change return type from numpy.array to pandas.Series
• #866: Docstring return type mismatch in component_labels
• #865: Docs: add next steps after installation
• #860: DOC: clarify Rook and Queen contiguity for point geometries
• #706: Contiguity weight docs

<a name="access-v1.1.10.post3"></a>

access v1.1.10.post3

<a name="esda-v2.10.0"></a>

esda v2.10.0

• #509: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7
• #404: moa_ratio and nmi in the shapes module are the same thing, and should yield the same result
• #507: DOC: polish user guide
• #496: Docs user guide
• #505: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7
• #275: Local G Autocorrelation causing Numba TypingError
• #442: BUG: cast integers to floats for numba compatibility in Getis-Ord
• #503: DOC: fix citation
• #501: DOC: properly expose LocalCrossPlot
• #502: DOC: fix expected value in docstring
• #445: Implement the Westerholt Plot and/or combined LISALOSH plot
• #446: ENH: add LocalCrossPlot (Westerholt) plot and ability to scale Moran scatterplot by LOSH
• #487: BUG: Moran_Local p_sim calculation should use crand
• #486: alternative argument propagating?
• #498: GHA: use dedicated env for docs build
• #497: Doc 2.9 fix
• #493: TST: load test data ahead of time
• #492: fix rough edges in upload_package.yml
• #490: Doc: missing ref for LOSH
• #489: DOC: fixing sphinx warnings on doc build for shape.py
• #491: DOC: update sphinx pin in env for doc build action
• #488: Debugging broken search on esda docs
• #389: test our examples nightly/regularly
• #481: get doctests of Examples back running
• #485: map_comparision examples using data from testing suite
• #484: not passing seed in to crand() within the .fit() method
• #482: seed not being passed to crand() in Geary_Local.fit()
• #480: Update version string in v2.9.0 and stable
• #199: Add alternative argument for determining one-tailed or two-tailed permutation tests
• #479: actually add (and pass through) the alternative keyword arg for classes using crand()
• #478: alternative keyword needed for classes that call crand.crand()
• #477: reup SPEC000 - [2026-05-02]
• #476: only run push CI on main branch
• #292: Error when importing esda package in Python
• #475: Handle more CI warnings CI – [2026-05-02]
• #429: BUG: Replace deprecated np.row_stack with np.vstack for NumPy 1.25+ compatibility
• #212: GSoC 2022 Interfaces for Consistent API Design
• #473: Add root files for gh-pages versioning
• #291: smoothers are undocumented
• #474: update_versions_json.py belongs only in gh-pages
• #472: clean up some warnings in CI – [2026-05-01]
• #471: Update build docs for versioning
• #469: dependencies;
• #470: add deps for nb build
• #468: Doc map comparison
• #465: Move tests in main blocks to actual tests or remove
• #467: Docs federation build
• #460: G_Local.__crand() -- time to deprecate?
• #466: Deprecate legacy __crand in getisord
• #430: fix(#428): convert strict raise DeprecationWarning to warnings.warn in smoothing.py
• #428: BUG: raising DeprecationWarning halts execution instead of warning in smoothing.py
• #463: remove deprecated 'by_col()' - smoothing.py
• #462: remove deprecated 'by_col()' - join_counts.py
• #461: remove CHANGELOG.md - no longer used
• #338: TestGeary::test_by_col[W] failure -- 312-numba-dev
• #458: remove deprecated 'by_col()' - {gamma,geary}.py
• #447: DOC: refactor to federation structure
• #399: revisit outstanding items in docs build
• #456: mark by_col() methods as deprecated
• #457: remove deprecated 'by_col()' - getisord.py
• #455: remove deprecated HeadBanging after 9 years
• #11: WIP: Headbang re-work
• #229: is HeadBanging deprecated?
• #452: Stricter linting following #451
• #416: Failing Moran plotting tests in dev
• #451: Lint+turn on pre-commit for PRs -- [2026-04-25]
• #450: unnecessary variable declaration in shape.moment_of_inertia_regions()
• #449: re-up formatting [2026-04-19]
• #444: DOC: move to new docs/ dir structure
• #443: Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9
• #440: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
• #441: Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 2 to 3
• #438: Fix to calculation of normalized mass moment of inertia (in moment_of_inertia_regions function)
• #439: Shape notebook
• #437: Normalized mass moment of inertia is incorrect.
• #436: BUG: fix the shapely version check
• #435: shapely version isolator troubles
• #402: update PyPI & upload_package.yml to use trusted publisher
• #434: MAINT: Trusted publisher on pypi
• #433: TST: geopandas plotting compatibility
• #432: Fix for #431: changed incorrect sign for result of length_width_diff
• #431: Sign on Length-Width Difference shape measure is backwards.
• #420: Inertial shape measures - mass moment of inertia, speed improvements, other fixes
• #411: Fix: Replace deprecated 3-argument np.minimum/np.maximum calls for NumPy 2.0+ compatibility
• #410: Fix: NumPy 2.0+ compatibility replace deprecated 3-argument np.minimum/np.maximum calls
• #419: fix: Add alternative hypothesis support to spatial statistics
• #412: Update .gitignore to correctly exclude generated documentation (as opposed to source files)
• #418: Fix broken citation link in documentation

<a name="giddy-v2.3.9"></a>

giddy v2.3.9

• #257: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #256: reup SPEC000 - [2026 05 10]
• #255: DEP: remove upper pin on esda
• #254: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #253: github as trusted publisher on pypi
• #251: remove CHANGELOG.md - no longer used

<a name="inequality-v1.1.2"></a>

inequality v1.1.2

<a name="pointpats-v2.6.0"></a>

pointpats v2.6.0

• #205: some numba-enhanced functionality failing tests
• #206: fix skyums algorithm
• #204: reup spec000 & some linting [2026-04-15]
• #201: add ruff configuration - pre-commit
• #203: rename shapely in environment.yml
• #202: shapely dep wrong in environment file
• #200: format+lint - docs/user-guide/
• #184: ruff – format & lint pointpats
• #132: distance_statistics.ipynb is corrupted
• #71: BUG: statistics are now lower case. Notebooks and tutorials need to be updated
• #100: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (16,) (18,)
• #68: PoissonPointProcess - ValueError: Length mismatch
• #83: Tree types is missing now from Ripley.py
• #101: cannot import name 'G' from 'pointpats'
• #113: usage of intensity within random.py distributions?
• #70: HAS_NUMBA left undefined
• #199: retire the notebooks/ directory
• #198: time to scrap the notebook/s directory?
• #196: format+lint - {centography,distance_statistics}.py + previous missed
• #144: Figure out how to get legend for plot_density
• #197: Added ContourSet object to return statement in plot_density.py
• #178: need to adopt trusted publishing for release action
• #194: swap to FutureWarning for knox() function
• #189: deprecate old knox function
• #193: _spacetime_points_to_arrays() - convert assertion to ValueError
• #190: raise ValueError in _spacetime_points_to_arrays() rather than assertion
• #192: remove deprecated numpy.row_stack for numpy.vstack
• #191: format+lint - {geometry,kde,pointpattern,process,quadrat_statistics}.py
• #188: format+lint - {random,spacetime,window,util}.py
• #187: docstring for cluster_normal() seems to be copied from cluster_poisson()
• #186: format /tests/*; lint + refactor tests/*.py
• #185: format /tests/*; lint + refactor tests/test_spacetime.py
• #183: REGR: fix GeoDataFrame input to QStatistics
• #182: REGR: Qstatistics no longer accepts GeoDataFrame
• #181: consistent rng for cluster_poisson()
• #180: rng not passed into _uniform_circle() within cluster_poisson()
• #179: prepare release_and_publish.yml for trusted publishing
• #177: adopt dynamic versioning
• #176: __version__ never got updated when we switched to dynamic versioning

<a name="segregation-v2.5.5"></a>

segregation v2.5.5

• #266: GHA: bump github-script
• #265: Segregation JOSS paper: V1
• #263: respect spec000, add oldest & dev testing
• #262: pinned oldest dependencies & tests against them
• #258: Pandarm obscured
• #260: fix pandarm link on Readme
• #259: MAINT: Trusted publisher on pypi
• #218: update build_docs.yml
• #248: current failing tests (<= Python 3.12 envs)
• #249: CI env dependency problem == Python 3.13
• #255: cleanup pyproject.toml - min Python version etc
• #256: dont use loky backend in tests
• #257: cast to strict ints in inference workflows
• #241: modernize macOS testing
• #243: Add Python 3.14 to CI test matrix (#1382)
• #247: urbanaccess dependency & Python 3.14
• #251: pandana-->pandarm

<a name="spaghetti-v1.7.6"></a>

spaghetti v1.7.6

<a name="mgwr-v2.2.1"></a>

mgwr v2.2.1

<a name="momepy-v1.0.0"></a>

momepy v1.0.0

• #765: GHA: fix release action
• #739: ValueError when running "corners" and "squareness"
• #763: BUG: raise informative error for MultiPolygon in corner-based shape metrics (#739)
• #764: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7
• #762: DOC: update funding
• #761: Images not rendering on landing page
• #760: DOC: fix allowed and expected type docs in graph metrics
• #759: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7
• #758: REF: refactor Streetscape to increase its performance
• #757: ENH: support generation of proximity bands
• #756: REF: simplify implementation of enclosures
• #755: GHA: use dedicated docs env
• #754: CI: remove iprogress
• #753: Reup spec000 [2026-04-25]
• #752: simplify by default in *_tessellation()
• #686: ENH: Added Cellular Automata-based Enclosed Tessellation
• #751: Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9
• #750: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #749: Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 2 to 3
• #748: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
• #747: correct markdown link syntax in README
• #746: DOC: fix the versioning switcher
• #745: DOC: switch theme to new PySAL standard
• #744: DOC: fix docstring of neighbors
• #741: REF: refactor elongation and simplify its docstring
• #742: DOC: fix convexity reference
• #740: Wrong citations in the documentation
• #738: adapt release_to_pypi.yml for trusted publishing

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spglm v1.1.0

<a name="spint-v1.1.0"></a>

spint v1.1.0

• #55: add release action - non-trusted publisher
• #54: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #53: README cleanup and report code coverage
• #52: migrate from unittest to pytest
• #51: Lint notebooks & add notebooks dir to pre-commit
• #50: Revise README with new badges and formatting
• #47: proper linting of spint codebase
• #46: format remaining notebooks Python 2.x syntax
• #45: format spint/ and some of notebooks
• #44: Add Python 3.1{3,4} support; get testing green
• #40: working out testing failures
• #41: modernize infra - pyproject.toml [2024-07-08]
• #37: update infra – pyproject.toml, setuptools_scm, ruff, etc.
• #42: support Python 3.12 - add to CI matrix
• #43: Update infra, supported Python, GHA, etc.
• #36: rename master to main
• #39: permissions for the steering council

<a name="spml-v0.2.2"></a>

spml v0.2.2

• #130: spatialml -> spml
• #129: TST: ignore deprecation warning solved by joblib in upstream
• #128: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 in the github-actions group
• #91: Add documentation contribution guide to CONTRIBUTING.md
• #87: Add examples for GWLinearRegression and GWLogisticRegression
• #127: rename package to spatialml
• #126: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7 in the github-actions group
• #124: DOC: update examples for sklearn 1.9
• #122: TST: ignore warnings about OOB scores
• #121: GHA: use dedicated docs environment
• #120: TST: use linear models in tests where possible for speed up
• #114: Add validation for bandwidth and kernel parameters
• #118: Add score_ attribute based on pooled local model performance (BaseClassifier)
• #119: reup SPEC000 - 2026-04-18
• #117: Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9 in the github-actions group
• #115: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #113: ENH: Added validation for bandwidth and kernel parameters in GWR models
• #112: ENH: expose local_metric on regressors as well
• #111: open-ended license
• #110: DOC: update config
• #109: Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates
• #107: source version info in docs from packaging
• #108: cancel doc builds in progress
• #106: ENH: expose handling of coplanar points
• #105: DOC: link to source and new libpysal location
• #104: DOC: use markdown instead of RST in references
• #103: [GSoC 2026] Proposal: Geographically Weighted Matrix Decomposition (GWPCA) with scikit-learn compatibility
• #102: REF: rely on sklearn wrappers around joblib Parallel
• #94: Fix inconsistent bandwidth validation for numpy scalar and non-scalar inputs
• #101: BUG: fix batch fitting with non-default index
• #100: compute information criteria only for linear models
• #92: BUG: inconsistent bandwidth validation for numpy scalar and non-scalar inputs
• #97: Added pooled scoring and robust aggregation
• #99: Refactor: Centralize local model initialization in _BaseModel
• #96: Add Spatial Consistency and Convergence Tests for Kernels
• #98: Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 in the github-actions group
• #95: Modularize matrix operations and leverage calculation
• #93: [BUG] Incorrect use of oob_score parameter in GWRandomForest models
• #86: BUG: fix failure of BandwidthSearch in case of an invariant y
• #84: BUG: bandwidth search fails if y is all True
• #89: Remove outdated TODO block for performance metrics in parallel validation test
• #88: Clarification: Equality vs Tolerance for Parallel Metric Validation Tests
• #82: Expose local_class_support_ as fitted attribute
• #83: Add structured fit-time input validation
• #81: FMT: Ruff format ipynb files
• #80: Missing ruff formats on ipynb files
• #77: Add scikit-learn metadata routing support to BaseRegressor
• #78: DOC: fix outdated BaseRegressor prediction docstring

<a name="spreg-v1.9.0"></a>

spreg v1.9.0

• #192: Adding new panels module

<a name="tobler-v0.14.0"></a>

tobler v0.14.0

• #280: [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• #274: strict linting for code health
• #268: suggestion miniforge, not Anaconda
• #276: fix broken docs build action
• #275: broken docs recipe
• #273: catch several more expected warnings in CI
• #272: Delete .gitattributes -- no longer using versioneer
• #271: Format and lint docs/* -- check during pre-commit
• #270: Format and lint tobler/tests/*
• #269: clean up actions workflow yamls - run testing CI only on main push
• #261: migrate docs
• #266: Setup precommit & re-lint + format codebase
• #265: [maint] fix package name in license
• #267: fewer maps in dotdensity example
• #263: add pixel_values in notebook
• #262: Total area population not matching original population after interpolation
• #264: new structure of gh-pages
• #260: robust nan_handle
• #167: Issue with the version in docs
• #247: [ENH] add pointpattern functions
• #259: MAINT: Trusted publisher for pypi

<a name="mapclassify-v2.10.0"></a>

mapclassify v2.10.0

<a name="splot-v1.1.7"></a>

splot v1.1.7

<a name="spopt-v0.7.0"></a>

spopt v0.7.0

<a name="pysal-v26.07rc1"></a>

pysal v26.07rc1

• #1441: Bump actions/setup-python from 6 to 7
• #1440: Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7
• #1438: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7
• #1436: failure to install development (giddy/esda) in ubuntu-latest, ci/314-dev.yaml
• #1434: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
• #1433: Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 2 to 3
• #1375: Adopt spec 0 across pysal
• #1435: minor docs cleanup
• #1324: update docs & README
• #1339: testing against oldest dependencies across federation
• #1277: distutils will be deprecated in Python 3.12
• #1338: standardize CI environment naming conventions
• #1340: testing against Python 3.12 across federation
• #1216: Consider using SCVersioning for docs
• #1282: consider new theme and GHA for versioned docs
• #1298: add Apple silicon CI envs across ecosystem
• #1372: Testing against Python 3.13 across federation
• #1373: remove testing against Python 3.10 across federation
• #1380: CI: retire macOS-13 for macOS-15-intel
• #1382: CI: Testing against Python 3.14 across federation
• #1383: Modernize supported Python, etc
• #1431: GHA: fix the release action
• #1430: remove publish.yml?
• #1427: REF: support older import style for lib
• #1403: Add structured warnings to requires decorator
• #1356: CI: pin fiona
• #1414: Fix typo in README
• #1421: Automate updating PySAL subpackage dependencies in pyproject.toml using release_info.py
• #1422: ENH: Automate updating pyproject.toml dependencies using release_info.py
• #1420: [DOC] Add user guide and example for GWLinearRegression and GWLogisticRegression
• #1419: Add test for _installed_version with non-existent package
• #1416: Add type hints to pysal/base.py and modernize version checking with importlib.metadata
• #1417: GSoC project sizes.
• #1418: Add return value to Versions.check() method and comprehensive tests
• #1412: Build Docs Action is Failing
• #1413: Add lazy_loader when running building docs action
• #1404: Tooling updated for 26.01rc1
• #1411: Drop 3.10 testing

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Contributors

Many thanks to all of the following individuals who contributed to this release:

• Ashish Raj
• Dylan
• Eli Knaap
• Elliott Sales De Andrade
• James Gaboardi
• Jigyasa
• Knaaptime
• Lee Hachadoorian
• Levi John Wolf
• Martin Fleischmann
• Pedro Amaral
• Philip Stephens
• Ps098
• R Virinchi
• Ramji Purwar
• Renan Xavier Cortes
• Serge Rey
• Shubham Singh
• Vincent Gao
• Wei Kang
• Yuta Sato