pymc-devs/pytensor: rel-2.9.1

ℹ️ Versions 2.8.12 and 2.9.0 did not get released on PyPI or conda-forge due to hiccups in our CI pipeline. The corresponding release notes were merged into the seconds below. What's Changed Major Changes [from 2.8.12] Allow passing static shape to tensor creation helpers by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/118 The first and only positional argument to tensor is now name. dtype and shape are now keyword-only arguments in all tensor constructor helpers (tensor, matrix, ...) New Features Add slogdet for Numba and JAX by @mtsokol in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/172 [from 2.9.0] Compute static shape types in outputs of Join by @michaelosthege in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/164 [from 2.9.0] Add Ops for Gaussian Hypergeometric Function, Pochhammer Symbol, and Factorials by @ColtAllen in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/90 [from 2.8.12] From Aesara: 1362: "Add HalfNormalRV JAX implementation" by @theorashid in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/129 Bugfixes Handle invalid BroadcastTo shape in C backend by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/175 [from 2.8.12] Fix bug in truncated_graph_inputs by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/113 [from 2.8.12] Fix JAX dispatch for multi-output Composite by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/123 Maintenance Improve CI pinelines by @danhphan in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/176 Seed logsumexp benchmark tests by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/185 Create README.md by @canyon289 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/190 Fix release pipeline by @cerrussell in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/183 [from 2.9.0] Fix PyPI description and update GitHub Actions by @michaelosthege in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/171 [from 2.9.0] A more low level implementation of vectorize in numba by @aseyboldt in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/92 [from 2.8.12] Update Release Notes template by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/117 [from 2.8.12] From Aesara: 1345: "Splitting before using JAX key" by @AdrienCorenflos in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/130 [from 2.8.12] Make tests compatible with newer version of JAX by @ricardoV94 in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/133 [from 2.8.12] Make scan to be a cython extention by @ferrine in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/77 [from 2.8.12] Remove deprecated modules by @ferrine in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/111 [from 2.8.12] From Aesara: #1347 and # 1365: " Add CI support for benchmarking" by @brandonwillard in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/139 [from 2.8.12] Added PyTensor logo SVG by @fonnesbeck in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/142 [from 2.8.12] Remove some inline arguments and make some njit functions global by @aseyboldt in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/144 [from 2.8.12] Fix logit sigmoid function typo by @guin0x in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/157 New Contributors @danhphan made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/176 @mtsokol made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/172 @canyon289 made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/190 @cerrussell made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/183 @fonnesbeck made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/142 @guin0x made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/157 @ColtAllen made their first contribution in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/pull/90 Full Changelog: https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/compare/rel-2.8.11...rel-2.8.12 Full Changelog: https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/compare/rel-2.8.12...rel-2.9.0 Full Changelog: https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor/compare/rel-2.9.0...rel-2.9.