Merge pull request #600 from graphistry/dev/circle-layout

feat(layout): fa2 with circles, incl for gib

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Development]
 
+## [0.34.17 - 2024-10-20]
+
+### Added
+
+* Layout: `circle_layout()` that moves points to one or more rings based on an ordinal field such as degree
+* Layout: `fa2_layout()` that uses the ForceAtlas2 algorithm to lay out the graph, with some extensions.
+* Layout: `group_in_a_box_layout()` is significantly faster in CPU and GPU mode
+* Layout: `group_in_a_box_layout()` exposes attribute `_partition_offsets`
+* Compute methods `g.to_pandas()` and `g.to_cudf()`
+
+### Fix
+
+* cugraph methods now handle numerically-typed node/edge index columns
+* repeat calls to `fa2_layout` and `group_in_a_box_layout` now work as expected
+
+### Docs
+
+* Add group-in-a-box layout tutorial
+
+### Infra
+
+* Expose `scene_settings` in `Plottable`
+
 ## [0.34.16 - 2024-10-13]
 
 ### Docs