2.17.0

Dataset Features

• [WebDataset] Audio support and bug fixes by @lhoestq in #6573
• Add concurrent loading of shards to datasets.load_from_disk by @kkoutini in #6464
• Support data_dir parameter in push_to_hub by @albertvillanova in #6634
• Support push_to_hub without org/user to default to logged-in user by @albertvillanova in #6629
• Allow concatenation of datasets with mixed structs by @Dref360 in #6587

General improvements and bug fixes

• Fix parallel downloads for datasets without scripts by @lhoestq in #6551
• Fix imagefolder with one image by @lhoestq in #6556
• Fix tests based on datasets that used to have scripts by @lhoestq in #6574
• remove eli5 test by @lhoestq in #6583
• [IterableDataset] Fix drop_last_batchin map after shuffling or sharding by @lhoestq in #6575
• Support standalone yaml by @lhoestq in #6557
• Drop redundant None guard. by @xkszltl in #6596
• fix os.listdir return name is empty string by @d710055071 in #6581
• Fix CI: pyarrow 15, pandas 2.2 and sqlachemy by @lhoestq in #6617
• Dedicated RNG object for fingerprinting by @mariosasko in #6606
• Migrate from setup.cfg to pyproject.toml by @mariosasko in #6619
• keep more info in DatasetInfo.from_merge #6585 by @JochenSiegWork in #6586
• Read GeoParquet files using parquet reader by @weiji14 in #6508
• Use schema metadata only if it matches features by @lhoestq in #6616
• Raise error on bad split name by @lhoestq in #6626
• Disable tqdm bars in non-interactive environments by @mariosasko in #6627
• Add with_rank param to Dataset.filter by @mariosasko in #6608
• Bump max range of dill to 0.3.8 by @ringohoffman in #6630
• Fix filelock: use current umask for filelock >= 3.10 by @lhoestq in #6631
• Faster webdataset streaming by @lhoestq in #6578
• Multi gpu docs by @lhoestq in #6550
• dataset viewer requires no-script by @severo in #6633
• Make split slicing consistent with list slicing by @mariosasko in #5891
• Do not use Parquet exports if revision is passed by @albertvillanova in #6555
• Make CLI test support multi-processing by @albertvillanova in #6628
• Fix reload cache with data dir by @lhoestq in #6632
• Fix array cast/embed with null values by @mariosasko in #6283
• Faster column validation and reordering by @psmyth94 in #6636
• Better multi-gpu example by @lhoestq in #6646
• Fix missing info when loading some datasets from Parquet export by @lhoestq in #6635
• Minor multi gpu doc improvement by @lhoestq in #6649
• Document usage of hfh cli instead of git by @lhoestq in #6648

New Contributors

• @xkszltl made their first contribution in #6596
• @kkoutini made their first contribution in #6464
• @JochenSiegWork made their first contribution in #6586
• @weiji14 made their first contribution in #6508
• @ringohoffman made their first contribution in #6630
• @psmyth94 made their first contribution in #6636

Full Changelog: 2.16.1...2.17.0