Summary

This is the fifth bugfix release in the 4.0.x series.
This release fixes a critical bug with SPH particle selection in bounding boxes.

This release contains no new deprecation or removal and should be fully backward compatible, we recommend all users to upgrade.

How to upgrade

To upgrade from PyPI, run

python -m pip install --upgrade yt

or, with conda

conda update --channel conda-forge yt

Changes

• BUG: Broadcast missing attribute #3973 by @brittonsmith
• BUG: Fix broken annotate_particles example #3982 by @chrishavlin (issue #3968 by @neutrinoceros)
• BUG: volume rendering: sigma_clip normalization #3984 by @chrishavlin (issue #3979 by @zingale)
• BUG: fix a ResourceWarning (file is never closed) #3997 by @neutrinoceros
• BUG: fix for composite volume rendering with octree sources #4011 by @chrishavlin
• BUG: fix a typo in warning message #4017 by @neutrinoceros
• BUG: setting GeoAxes extent #4040 by @chrishavlin (issue #4039)
• BUG: Fix flux calculation on surface when there is no fluxing_field #4042 by @jzuhone
• BUG: Fix intersections between SPH particles and regions when the boundary is periodic #4050 by @jzuhone (issue #3916 by @benopp99)

Requirements

Python 3.6 to 3.10 is supported. The next feature release, yt 4.1, will require Python 3.7 or newer.