v1.8.0

What's Changed

• add support for EPICS area detector pvaDriver cam by @prjemian in #1055
• Adopt isort by @coretl in #1064
• Make SynAxis produce an updating MoveStatus by @callumforrester in #1036
• Fix capture signal was always triggered by @physwkim in #1066
• Move settings to setup.cfg and use setuptools-scm by @coretl in #1065
• Fix SynAxisNoPosition by @coretl in #1068
• Add v2 dir by @coretl in #1067
• Make CI run on external PRs by @coretl in #1071
• Use pydata docs theme and make a space for v2 docs by @coretl in #1076
• Deploy to the correct place by @coretl in #1077
• DOC: fixed minor typo. by @clintonroy in #1079
• DOC: minor typo fix. by @clintonroy in #1080
• DOC: added a shutter example of a PVPositionerComparator by @clintonroy in #1081
• Update LICENSE by @stuartcampbell in #1082
• Ophyd v2 core by @coretl in #1078
• Fix docs linking by @coretl in #1085
• Change make_dir_tree default dir mode to 755 by @mrakitin in #1087
• Add status repr to WaitTimeoutError message by @dperl-dls in #1088
• DOC: fix install instructions in README by @mrakitin in #1089
• BUG: Let channelsim work with enums by @tizayi in #1093
• ENH: Add enum descriptor support to ChannelCa by @tizayi in #1097
• BUG: isinstance calls property success before status object is done by @tizayi in #1099
• v2: try to fix some constantly failing tests by @RAYemelyanova in #1105
• Ophyd v2: add _exception to AsyncStatus to propagate errors through FailedStatus. by @RAYemelyanova in #1103
• v2: Add dict support by @RAYemelyanova in #1104
• propagate errors through wait_for_connection by @RAYemelyanova in #1109
• Initial p4p channel implementation by @ajgdls in #1096
• v2: Make sim signal source look like real source by @coretl in #1111
• v2: make device class concrete by @RAYemelyanova in #1107
• v2: Added bool support for 2 element CA/PVA enums by @coretl in #1112
• V2 minor async status changes by @RAYemelyanova in #1110
• v2 Fix traceback of a failed AsyncStatus object by @coretl in #1114
• v2: remove monitor by @RAYemelyanova in #1125
• v2: Make stage/unstage async by @coretl in #1123
• v2: Add set_and_wait_for_value() by @coretl in #1124
• Let SimSignalBackend accept npt.NDArray datatypes by @RAYemelyanova in #1118
• Resolve typo introduced in PR #1055 by @prjemian in #1129
• DOC: release notes for v1.8.0 by @mrakitin in #1127

New Contributors

• @physwkim made their first contribution in #1066
• @stuartcampbell made their first contribution in #1082
• @dperl-dls made their first contribution in #1088
• @tizayi made their first contribution in #1093
• @RAYemelyanova made their first contribution in #1105
• @ajgdls made their first contribution in #1096

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0