v1.9.0

Changelog for humans

https://gufe.openfree.energy/en/latest/CHANGELOG.html#v1-9-0

What's Changed

• Add empty validate method for Component by @hannahbaumann in #732
• Membrane support by @hannahbaumann in #635
• Bump conda-cron CI Python versions by @IAlibay in #737
• bump python version min to 3.11 by @atravitz in #730
• Docs: remove empty how-to stubs by @atravitz in #715
• Update ExplicitMoleculeComponent warning to provide molecule name by @jaclark5 in #720
• component how-to guide by @atravitz in #667
• Remove imports into gufe namespace that are unnecessary by @mikemhenry in #742
• Speed up tests SolvatedPDBComponent by @hannahbaumann in #751
• add docstrings and clarify fixture names by @atravitz in #752
• use tmp_path instead of tmpdir by @atravitz in #759
• Add missing files to MANIFEST.in by @mikemhenry in #761
• fix github version parsing to use github api by @atravitz in #762
• Modify execute_DAG with unitresult caching by @IAlibay in #738
• rename protocoldag_cache to protocoldag-results_cache by @atravitz in #764
• Add ComponentValidationError by @IAlibay in #766
• Bump up CI action versions by @IAlibay in #768
• Add lipid17_merged.xml to default FF settings by @IAlibay in #767
• Couple typo fixes found with codespell by @IAlibay in #769
• Release/v1.9.0 by @atravitz in #765

New Contributors

• @jaclark5 made their first contribution in #720

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0