Mesa 3.0 Release Candidate

Highlights

We're releasing the Mesa 3.0 Release Candidate, ready for final testing before we release Mesa 3.0 later this week!

In this last 3.0 pre-release, the visualisation has been thoroughly updated, with a brand new API. Visualizing the experimental Cell Space, including PropertyLayers and hexogonal grids, is now also supported.

We're still working very active on the visualisation, so we have marked that experimental for Mesa 3.0. We will stabilize SolaraViz in Mesa 3.1.

Any feedback and last-minute bug reports are welcome here.

What's Changed

⚠️ Breaking changes

• Viz: Refactor Matplotlib plotting by @quaquel in #2430
• api reorganization by @quaquel in #2447

🧪 Experimental features

• Mark SolaraViz as experimental for Mesa 3.0 by @EwoutH in #2459

🛠 Enhancements made

• expand ax.scatter kwargs that can be used by @quaquel in #2445

🐛 Bugs fixed

• Fix #2452 - handle solara viz model params better by @Corvince in #2454
• Update MoneyModel.py by @quaquel in #2458

🔍 Examples updated

• Updates to Epstein example by @quaquel in #2429
• Update examples to use updated space drawing by @quaquel in #2442

📜 Documentation improvements

• Update wolf-sheep png and fix typo in file name by @quaquel in #2444
• Include main examples readme in docs by @quaquel in #2448
• remove how-to guide and update docs in places by @quaquel in #2449

🔧 Maintenance

• remove deprecated HexGrid class by @quaquel in #2441
• rename make_plot_measure to make_plot_component and add some kwargs by @quaquel in #2446

Full Changelog: v3.0.0b2...v3.0.0rc0