Openpmd-api

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**Date:** 2021-02-02

Fix Patch Read & Python store_chunk

This release fixes a regression with particle patches, related to ``Iteration::open()`` and ``::close()`` functionality.
Also, issues with the Python ``store_chunk`` method are addressed.

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**Date:** 2021-01-08

Fix openPMD-ls & Iteration open/close

This release fixes regressions in the series "ls" functionality and tools, related to ``Iteration::open()`` and ``::close()`` functionality.
We also add support to read back complex numbers with JSON.

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**Date:** 2021-01-03

Streaming Support, Python, Benchmarks

This release adds first support for streaming I/O via ADIOS2's SST engine.
More I/O benchmarks have been added with realistic application load patterns.
Many Python properties for openPMD attributes have been modernized, with slight breaking changes in Iteration and Mesh data order.
This release requires C++14 and adds support for Python 3.9.
With this release, we leave the "alpha" phase of the software and declare "beta" status.

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**Date:** 2020-09-07

Complex Numbers, Close & Backend Options

This release adds data type support for complex numbers, allows to close iterations and adds first support for backend configuration options (via JSON), which are currently implemented for ADIOS2.
Further installation options have been added (homebrew and CLI tool support with pip).
New free standing functions and macro defines are provided for version checks.

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**Date:** 2020-03-24

HDF5-1.12, Azimuthal Examples & Tagfile

This release adds support for the latest HDF5 release.
Also, we add versioned Doxygen and a tagfile for external docs to our online manual.

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**Date:** 2020-03-05

Robust Independent I/O

This release improves MPI-parallel I/O with HDF5 and ADIOS.
ADIOS2 is now the default backend for handing ``.bp`` files.