Release v4.2.0

[grallewellyn]

| March 5, 2025
| Release with several important improvements. To use the new features, please start a new v4.2.0 workspace.

Breaking Changes
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• Updated most packages in all four base images. The Pangeo, isce3, and python images are pinned to versions in pangeo-notebook 2024.11.11 version. Important package updates are
  • R image: R from 4.2 to 4.3, added rhdf5 from Bioconductor, lidR, and lasR
  • Pangeo image: Xarray now 2024.10, Geopandas 1.0+, Numpy 2.0+, Python 3.12
  • All updated packages here: https://github.com/MAAP-Project/maap-workspaces/pull/169/files
• All images running on MAAP will now be using mini-forge to avoid licensing issues. Impacts:
  • All conda installs will now pull from conda-forge
  • No longer using R channel on anaconda (also continuing to not use the defaults channel)
  • If you cannot find your package on conda-forge or another open source community channel, we recommend installing your package from their install instructions on their GitHub README or contact the platform team.
  • Anaconda's new terms: https://www.anaconda.com/pricing/terms-of-service-faqs

Added
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• Container URL in Algorithm Registration UI is now a dropdown where the default is the maap_base image which is the fastest for algorithm registration
  • Users who would like to use this faster maap_base option must self manage their packages (i.e. in an environment.yml). More information in the docs here <system_reference_guide/algorithm_registration.html#Container-URLs>_
• Added more packages requested by users for the R image, especially Geotrees specific packages like lasR, partykit, BIOMASS and tidyterra
• The Algorithm-Registration UI input-boxes are narrower to help reduce the need for horizontal scrolling
• Improvements to the Jobs UI: added job duration and more a obvious cancel button, and cleaned up the filter controls
• Using the maap_base image as the base image for all workspace images

Fixed
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• Public ssh key is now correctly being pulled from MAAP profile page into /projects/.ssh/authorized_keys upon workspace launch if it was not already present
• Display SSH info giving undefined error resolved
• Fixed status filtering issues for Jobs UI
• Fixed a broken documentation link that shows up during algorithm registration