Release 1.4.0

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Release 1.4.0

Remember before release:

• Ensure MPICH lock to 4.2.1 is removed and working.
• Test notebooks after pulling into main.

Target: July 22 2024

• Updates to support numpy 2.0. No longer using deprecated in1d method #1332
• Add a live_data option for real-time data collection / plotting. Update example notebooks #1310
• Update example notebooks, and add Colab support. Update example notebooks #1310
• Add examples in docs - showing templating of input files and providing to executor (json / jinja). Update example notebooks #1310
• Improve class interface support for setting nworkers/is_manager when parse_args not used. Improve setting of is_manager and nworkers in ensemble class #1331/ Feature/enforce first comms #1336
  - This update locks the comms method when Ensemble object is created.
  - Ensure example in readme, notebooks, tests, and docs are in format we want given Ensemble() comms lock.
• Add group_size option to deal with unevenly resourced nodes. Libe fix group size #1349
• Bug fix: Fix shutdown hang on worker error when using gen_on_manager. Fix shutdown hang on worker error #1348
• Bug fix: Log level was locked to "INFO" when using class interface. Remove hardcoded INFO log level in ensemble.py #1351
• Resolve situation with one_d_func Review sim function one_d_example (possible bug). #1352 / Feature/fixup 1d simple #1354
• Update gpCAM gens to work with latest interface, and improve (simple/max_iter etc...). Update for latest gpCAM #1355