## New features
* h5py.Dataset.iter_chunks() accepts slice objects with the None
value for slice.start and slice.stop attributes, or integers
(PR 2657). Example: dset.iter_chunks((slice(None, None), 4)).
This is equivalent to dset[:,4].
* A new track_times parameter when creating a group or a file to
control whether creation, modification, change and access
timestamps are stored for group objects (PR 2611). This is
False by default.
* Work to better support free-threaded mode in CPython (PR 2658,
PR 2678). This is not substantially tested yet, but some of the
most glaring issues have been resolved. See free-threading.
## Breaking Changes and Deprecations
* Support for Python 3.9 was dropped. Python 3.10 or newer is now
required to build or install h5py from this version on (PR
2640).
* The minimum supported version of HDF5 is now 1.10.7, and within
the 1.12 series the minimum supported version is now 1.12.1 (PR
2605).
* Timestamps are no longer stored by default for groups
(including the root group) if the track_order parameter is set
(PR 2611). Previously, setting this parameter also caused
timestamps to be stored in the file.
## Bug fixes
* Fixed h5py.h5p.PropLAID.get_elink_prefix method (PR 2712).
* Fixed a segfault reading unallocated variable length string
data as NumPy variable length strings (PR 2630).
* Fixed an error reading certain types of variable length data
where an entry has 0 length (PR 2717).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:python:numeric/python-h5py?expand=0&rev=62
