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This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
(:doc:`View all changes <index>`.)


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   The highlights for this major/minor release of Iris include:

   * N/A

   And finally, get in touch with us on :issue:`GitHub<new/choose>` if you have
   any issues or feature requests for improving Iris. Enjoy!


📢 Announcements
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#. N/A


✨ Features
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#. N/A


🐛 Bugs Fixed
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#. `@bouweandela`_ updated the ``chunktype`` of Dask arrays, so it corresponds
   to the array content. (:pull:`5801`)

#. `@rcomer`_ made the :obj:`~iris.analysis.WPERCENTILE` aggregator work with
   :func:`~iris.cube.Cube.rolling_window`.  (:issue:`5777`, :pull:`5825`)


💣 Incompatible Changes
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#. `@rcomer`_ removed the *target* parameter from
   :func:`~iris.fileformats.pp.as_fields` and
   :func:`~iris.fileformats.pp.save_pairs_from_cube` because it had no effect.
   (:pull:`5783`)


🚀 Performance Enhancements
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#. N/A

#. `@bouweandela`_ added the option to specify the Dask chunks of the target
   array in :func:`iris.util.broadcast_to_shape`. (:pull:`5620`)

#. `@schlunma`_ allowed :func:`iris.analysis.cartography.area_weights` to
   return dask arrays with arbitrary chunks. (:pull:`5658`)


🔥 Deprecations
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#. N/A


🔗 Dependencies
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#. `@tkknight`_ removed the pin for ``sphinx <=5.3``, so the latest should
   now be used, currently being v7.2.6.
   (:pull:`5901`)


📚 Documentation
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#. `@hsteptoe`_ added more detailed examples to :class:`~iris.cube.Cube` functions :func:`~iris.cube.Cube.slices` and :func:`~iris.cube.Cube.slices_over`. (:pull:`5735`)


💼 Internal
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#. `@bouweandela`_ removed a workaround in :meth:`~iris.cube.CubeList.merge` for an
   issue with :func:`dask.array.stack` which has been solved since 2017. (:pull:`5923`)

#. `@trexfeathers`_ introduced a temporary fix for Airspeed Velocity's
   deprecated use of the ``conda --force`` argument. To be removed once
   `airspeed-velocity/asv#1397`_ is merged and released. (:pull:`5931`)


.. comment
    Whatsnew author names (@github name) in alphabetical order. Note that,
    core dev names are automatically included by the common_links.inc:

.. _@hsteptoe: https://github.com/hsteptoe


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    Whatsnew resources in alphabetical order:

.. _airspeed-velocity/asv#1397: https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv/pull/1397