Version 4.0.0: More precise time scale conversions, human readable serialization of durations, and lots more

[ChristopherRabotin]

This update is not merely an iteration, but a redesign in how time scale are handled in hifitime, fixing nanosecond rounding errors, and improving the Python user experience. Refer to the blog post for details. As of version 4.0.0, Hifitime is licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 2, refer to discussion #274 for details.

Breaking changes

• Refactor epoch to keep time in its own time scale by @gwbres and @ChristopherRabotin in Refactor epoch to keep time in its own time scale #280
• Duration serde now human readable + Display of Epoch is now Gregorian in its initialization time scale by @ChristopherRabotin in Duration serde now human readable + Display of Epoch is now Gregorian in its initialization time scale #299
• Improve error handling (switching to snafu) by @ChristopherRabotin in Improve error handling #300
• Breaking change: renamed Julian date constants and removed other Julian date constants by @ChristopherRabotin in Breaking change: renamed Julian date constants and removed other Julian date constants #307
• Minimum Support Rust Version (MSRV) bumped to 1.77.0

Note: as of version 4.0.0, dependency updates will increment the minor version.

New features / improvements

• Support exceptions in Python by @ChristopherRabotin in Support exceptions in Python #301
• Add Python regression test for Python strftime time scale  #249 by @ChristopherRabotin in Add Python regression test for #249 #305
• MJD/JDE UTC fix + to_time_scale now available in Python by @ChristopherRabotin in MJD/JDE UTC fix + to_time_scale now available in Python #332
• Add Python datetime interop by @ChristopherRabotin in Add Python datetime interop #333
• Add autogenerated Kani harnesses by @cvick32 in Add autogenerated Kani harnesses #316
• Kani autogen follow on by @ChristopherRabotin in Kani autogen follow on #318

Bug fixes

• Fix bug in to_gregorian_str by @ChristopherRabotin in Fix bug in to_gregorian_str  #308
• Fix conversion to Gregorian by @ChristopherRabotin in Fix conversion to Gregorian #303
• Rename EpochError to HifitimeError and add exception testing by @ChristopherRabotin in Rename EpochError to HifitimeError and add exception testing #315
• Prevent rounding of the GNSS from nanoseconds initializers by @ChristopherRabotin in Prevent rounding of the GNSS from nanoseconds initializers #319
• Fix ceil with zero duration by @cardigan1008 in Fix ceil with zero duration #323
• Fix token exceed in from_str() by @cardigan1008 in Fix token exceed in from_str() #324

The main change in this refactoring is that Epochs now keep the time in their own time scales. This greatly simplifies conversion between time scales, and ensures that all computations happen in the same time scale as the initialization time scale, then no sub-nanosecond rounding error could be introduced.

Maintenance

• Removed der dependency by @ChristopherRabotin in Removed der dependency #297
• Refactor epochrs as a module by @ChristopherRabotin in Refactor epochrs as a module #298
• 4.0.0 dev gh 237 by @gwbres in 4.0.0 dev gh 237 #289
• Introduce doc_cfg and mark ut1 within ut1 crate feature by @gwbres in Introduce doc_cfg and mark ut1 within ut1 crate feature #321
• Update pyo3 requirement from 0.21.1 to 0.22.0 by @dependabot in Update pyo3 requirement from 0.21.1 to 0.22.0 #312
• Update tabled requirement from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0 by @dependabot in Update tabled requirement from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0 #325
• Update lexical-core requirement from 0.8.5 to 1.0.1 by @dependabot in Update lexical-core requirement from 0.8.5 to 1.0.1 #330

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