New catalogs
`skysim5000_v1.1.1_parquet` and `cosmoDC2_v1.1.4_parquet` are now available. They are the parquet version of `skysim5000_v1.1.1` and `cosmoDC2_v1.1.4_image`, respectively. The parquet version provides a better I/O performance and contains all GCR quantities (but not native quantities). The underlying files for these parquet version catalogs contain the same information as those loaded from GCRCatalogs (i.e., no translation needed).
Improvements
The non-parquet version of cosmoDC2 and skysim5000 catalogs (e.g., `cosmoDC2_v1.1.4_image` and `skysim5000_v1.1.1`) now has a much shorter initial load time (the quantity load time is still the same). For details about this improvement, please see 549.
Thanks to evevkovacs and JoanneBogart for their help in the preparation of this release. This version will be available on conda-forge shortly. It will also be installed in DESC environments (thanks to heather999).