Changelog for QCoDeS 0.28.0
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The August 2021 release of QCoDeS.

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Breaking Changes:
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- get_guids_from_multiple_run_ids accepts connection over dbpath in the function. (:pr:`3222`)

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New:
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- Use thread pool when acquiring parameters to save time on recreating threads, new ThreadPoolParamsCaller,
  use it in do1d, do2d, dond. (:pr:`3170`)
- QCoDeS has not the ability to set a default experiment in a Python session, and now, creating/ loading an experiment
  automatically sets that experiment as the default one. (:pr:`3214`)
- The dond function has gained the ability to produce multiple datasets when measuring multiple parameters. (:pr:`3186`)
- Make parameter registration on instrument part of parameter init. (:pr:`3191`)
- Add post sweep actions to doND sweeps. (:pr:`3283`)
- load experiment functions accept duplicated experiment name, and new_experiment warns if creates duplicated
  experiment. (:pr:`3296`)

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Improved:
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- Fix shapes of dond datasets with additional setpoints. (:pr:`3305`)


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Improved drivers:
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- Update voltage parameter for Keithley2600 SMU to be aware of measurement status. (:pr:`3251`)

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Under the hood:
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- Adding a Sphinx extension to document Parameter attributes. (:pr:`3224`)
- Work around legacy test issue with hf51.12.1 on conda forge. (:pr:`3278`)
- Make qcodes install mostly pep517/518 compliant. (:pr:`3288`)
- Log all installed packages. (:pr:`3289`)
- Remove pre-commit job from the repository in favor of pre-commit integration in the CI. (:pr:`3293`, :pr:`3290`)
- Explicitly depend on setuptools. (:pr:`3294`)