v1.0.0-rc1000

Frequenz Python SDK Release Notes

Summary

The SDK starts using the frequenz-quantities package with this release.

A new method for streaming reactive power at the grid connection point has been added, and the ConfigManagingActor has been improved.

Upgrading

• Replace Quantity and its sub-classes (Power, Current, etc.) in the frequenz.sdk.timeseries module with the external frequenz-quantities package. Please add the new library as a dependency and adapt your imports if you are using these types.
• The QuantityT has been moved to the frequenz.sdk.timeseries._base_types module.
• The QuantityT doesn't include itself (QuantityT) anymore.

New Features

• ConfigManagingActor: The file polling mechanism is now forced by default. Two new parameters have been added:

  • force_polling: Whether to force file polling to check for changes. Default is True.
  • polling_interval: The interval to check for changes. Only relevant if polling is enabled. Default is 1 second.

• Add a new method microgrid.grid().reactive_power to stream reactive power at the grid connection point.

Bug Fixes

• Many long running async tasks including metric streamers in the BatteryPool now have automatic recovery in case of exceptions.

What's Changed

• Prepare release notes for rc901 by @llucax in #1076
• Clear release notes by @llucax in #1077
• Add polling parameters to ConfigManagingActor by @daniel-zullo-frequenz in #1082
• Remove redundant check in BatteryPool tests by @ela-kotulska-frequenz in #1085
• Improve resiliency of long-running async tasks by @shsms in #1081
• Clean some duplicated and unused code by @llucax in #1088
• Use frequenz-quantities library by @ela-kotulska-frequenz in #1087
• Implement GridReactivePowerFormula by @ela-kotulska-frequenz in #1086
• Prepare for v1.0.0-rc1000 by @shsms in #1089

Full Changelog: v1.0.0-rc901...v1.0.0-rc1000