Flox

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Fixes a couple of bugs.

What's Changed
* Fix first, last again by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/381
* Avoid explicit np.nan, np.inf by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/383
* Fix bug with NaNs in `by` and method='blockwise' by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/384
* Expand groupby_reduce property tests by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/385


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.9...v0.9.10

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Faster cohorts detection, property tests, and a beta quality implementation of scans (`nancumsum`, `ffill`, `bfill`)

What's Changed
* Property tests with hypothesis by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/348
* Add scans by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/370
* Optimize for-loop merging of cohorts. by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/378


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.8...v0.9.9

What's Changed
* Support `method="blockwise"` with Cubed. by tomwhite in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/357


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.7...v0.9.8

Some performance improvements, Numpy 2 compat, and initial support for [Cubed!](https://cubed-dev.github.io/cubed/)

What's Changed
* Initial minimal working Cubed example for "map-reduce" by tomwhite in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/352
* Fix benchmarks by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/358
* Optimize bitmask finding for chunk size 1 and single chunk cases by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/360
* Add cubed notebook for hourly climatology example using "map-reduce" method by tomwhite in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/356
* Manually fuse reindexing intermediates with blockwise reduction for cohorts. by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/300
* Use threadpool for finding labels in chunk by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/327
* Optimize `min_count` when `expected_groups` is not provided. by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/236
* import `normalize_axis_index` from `numpy.lib` on `numpy>=2` by keewis in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/364

New Contributors
* tomwhite made their first contribution in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/352

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.6...v0.9.7

What's Changed
* Speed up `method=None` heuristics by avoiding dot product as much as possible by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/347


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.5...v0.9.6

What's Changed
* Fix nanlen with strings by dcherian in https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/pull/344


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/flox/compare/v0.9.4...v0.9.5