Pyimfit

Added
Added support for Numpy version 2. PyImfit should now work with both versions 1 and 2 of Numpy.

Changed
No longer supporting Python 3.8 or 3.9, due to lack of support for Numpy 2.

Fixed
Update to descriptions.py to correctly index individual function sets (where there are multiple
function sets, with one or more having multiple functions). Thanks to Zuyi Chen for identifying
the problem and suggesting the fix.

Official "1.0" release; no dramatic changes from 0.13.

Added
Conda packages for macOS and Linux (Python versions 3.10--3.12).

Pre-compiled versions for macOS now include binaries for Apple silicon as well as Intel CPUs.

Changed
No longer supporting Python 3.7.

Minor updates to documentation.

Added
Pre-compiled versions for Python versions 3.9--3.12 on macOS

Changed
No longer supporting Python 3.6.

Minor updates to documentation.

Fixed
Miscellaneous workarounds to get Github Actions CI working (still doesn't work for Python 3.12 testing).

Minor fixes to Cython code to get compilation working with latest version of Cython.

Added
Now based on version 1.9 of Imfit.

Models (including current parameter values) can now be described by a dict-based format;
dict-based model descriptions (including current best-fit parameter values) can be
returned by Imfit instances as well, via their getModelAsDict method.

Imfit.fit and Imfit.doFit can now take an optional `ftol` parameter (same as the `--ftol`
parameter for the command-line `imfit` program -- controls fractional tolerance of fit statistics
as a convergence criterion during the fitting process).

Pre-compiled versions for Python versions 3.9--3.11 on macOS.

Changed
The interface to the FunctionSetDescription class has changed: the "name" parameter is
now optional (and defaults to None).

Fixed
Imfit now correctly loads models with PointSource and PointSourceRot image functions.

Added
Added "ftol" as optional input parameter for Imfit.doFit() and Imfit.fit().