Version 1.9.6

This release contains a small number of bug fixes and compatibility with the latest releases of Numpy and Shapely. Many thanks to @pmav99, @philippjfr, @maximlt, and @hoxbro.

Bug fixes:

• Fix regression and remove deprecation warnings for gv.annotators (#583)

Compatibility:

• Compatibility with Shapely 2.0 (#570, #603)
• Compatibility with Numpy 1.24 (#608)
• Compatibility with HoloViews 1.15 (#572, #574)
• Compatibility with Python 3.11 (#601)

Packaging:

• Fix TypeScript files not being packaged and therefore gave an uncaught error in the console for gv.annotators (#610)
• Fix building with pip install . and update of packages (#575, #579)
• Setting NPM access to public and update package.json (#585, #586)

Documentation:

• Fix docs build (#580, #588, #611, #612)

Maintenance:

• Adding pre-commit to CI (#604)
• Renamed master branch to main (#606)
• Remove Trove Classifier for Python 3.6 (#565)
• Various fixes and general maintenance of the CI (#566, #567, #569, #573, #587, #591, #594, #595, #596, #600, #607)