Planning for next release: 0.17.0

The work surface is the community-edited comment in this issue, with release details tracked through the referenced issues and pull requests. Start by checking those linked items and the current 0.17.0 status. Done means the checklist, highlights, breaking changes, documentation updates, and development updates accurately reflect the release.

Upcoming Version: 0.17.0

Highlights

• Array reference type #879 (PR: #1440)
• Meshgrid implementation #1355 (PR: #1477)
• .dot defined for dynamic-dimensional arrays #886 and #1439 (PR: #1483)
• ArrayBase is now covariant #1332 (PR: #1480)

Breaking Changes

These will need special attention in terms of careful communication:

• #879 (PR: #1440)

Documentation Updates

• Feature gates are now called out in on docs.rs via built-in flags #1470 (PR: #1479)

Dev Updates

• Cargo.lock now tracked in git #1484 (PR: #1485)
• New CI/CD in #1484 and #1490

This is a community edited comment, please update it to current status.