Pypdf

Security (SEC)
- Infinite recursion when using PdfWriter(clone_from=reader) (2264)

New Features (ENH)
- Add parameter to select images to be removed (2214)

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Correctly handle image mode 1 with FlateDecode (2249)
- Error when filling a value with parentheses 2268 (2269)
- Handle empty root outline (2239)


[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.4...3.17.0)

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Avoid exceeding recursion depth when retrieving image mode (2251)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.3...3.16.4)

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Invalid cm/tm in visitor functions (2206)
- Encrypt / decrypt Stream object dictionaries (2228)
- Support nested color spaces for the /DeviceN color space (2241)
- Images property fails if NullObject in list (2215)

Developer Experience (DEV)
- Unify mypy options and warn redundant workarounds (2223)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.2...3.16.3)

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- PDF size increases because of too high float writing precision (2213)
- Fix test_watermarking_reportlab_rendering() (2203)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.1...3.16.2)

⚠️ The 'rename PdfWriter.create_viewer_preference to
PdfWriter.create_viewer_preferences (2190)' could be a breaking change for you,
if you use it. As it was only introduced last week I'm confident enough that
nobody will be affected though. Hence only the patch update.

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Missing new line in extract_text with cm operations (2142)
- _get_fonts not processing properly CIDFonts and annotations (2194)

Maintenance (MAINT)
- Rename PdfWriter.create_viewer_preference to PdfWriter.create_viewer_preferences (2190)


[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.0...3.16.1)

Security (SEC)
- Infinite recursion caused by IndirectObject clone (2156)

New Features (ENH)
- Ease access to ViewerPreferences (2144)

Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Catch the case where w[0] is an IndirectObject instead of an int (2154)
- Cope with indirect objects in filters and remove deprecated code (2177)
- Accept tabs in cmaps (2174) / cope with extra space (2151)
- Merge pages without resources (2150)
- getcontents() shall return None if contents is NullObject (2161)
- Fix conversion from 1 to LA (2175)

Robustness (ROB)
- Accept XYZ with no arguments (2178)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.15.5...3.16.0)