1.8.1

Bug fixes

• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Fix an ingestion corner case with empty chunks by @github-actions in #2284
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Fix registration path with non-standard obs/var index names by @github-actions in #2288

Minor changes

• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Verify pa.{Chunked,Integer}Array args to SparseNDArray.read by @github-actions in #2263
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Bump somacore to 1.0.9 by @github-actions in #2264
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Factor io/ingest.py, create io/{_common,outgest}.py by @github-actions in #2266
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Remove deprecated Python 3.7 AST types by @github-actions in #2272
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Needed changes for census profiling by @github-actions in #2261
• [Backport release-1.8] [ci/python] Use Python 3.11 for single version CI runs by @github-actions in #2267
• [Backport release-1.8] [python/ci] Restore pre-merge lint checks by @johnkerl in #2268
• [Backport release-1.8] [python/ci] Complete 3.8 -> 3.11 work by @github-actions in #2280
• [Backport release-1.8] [python] Neaten registration-mapping test code by @github-actions in #2287
• [r] Prepare for tiledbsoma 1.8.1 by @johnkerl in #2289
• [Backport release-1.8] [r/ci] Point at correct TileDB-R location by @github-actions in #2276
• [Backport release-1.8] [r/ci] Set options(pkgType = "binary") for MacOS by @github-actions in #2265
• [Backport release-1.8] [r] Correct parenthesis in covr() call activate quiet=FALSE by @github-actions in #2262
• [Backport release-1.8] [c++] Match delete[] with new[] by @github-actions in #2260
• [Backport release-1.8] [c++] Fix building TileDB if a CMake toolchain is not specified by @johnkerl in #2274
• [Backport release-1.8] [ci] Only run build tests when build files are modified by @johnkerl in #2232
• [Backport release-1.8] [docs] Typo fixes, broken README link by @github-actions in #2273

Full Changelog: 1.8.0...1.8.1