Kevin Anderson

Add "alt" to supported image metadata keys

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Hi @mgeier, this PR allows alt text to be specified in a code cell and end up in the resulting HTML. Alt text is important for accessibility purposes as it...

pvlib.iam.marion_integrate uses too much memory for vector inputs

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`pvlib.iam.marion_integrate` (which is mostly relevant as a helper for `pvlib.iam.marion_diffuse`) needs quite a bit of memory when passed vector inputs. An input of length 1000 allocates around 2GB of memory...

setup.py: use setuptools.find_packages()

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- [x] Closes #1474 - [x] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - ~[ ] Tests added~ - ~[ ] Updates entries in [`docs/sphinx/source/reference`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/master/docs/sphinx/source/reference) for API changes.~ - ~[...

**Describe the bug** Building the pvlib distribution files emits a handful of warnings like this: ``` /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_py.py:153: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: Installing 'pvlib.bifacial' as data is deprecated, please list it in `packages`. !!...

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** #1306 added GitHub Actions workflow definition files for running our test suite. That approach used separate workflow files for the...

Update CEC module and inverter tables with latest SAM files

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- [x] Closes #1345 - [x] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - [x] Tests added - ~[ ] Updates entries in [`docs/sphinx/source/reference`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/master/docs/sphinx/source/reference) for API changes.~ - [x] Adds...

CEC module library is behind current version in SAM

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As discussed in https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/discussions/1344, the CEC module table shipped with pvlib (`SAM 2018.11.11 r2`, `1/3/2019`) is behind the latest version shipped with SAM (`SAM 2020.2.29 r3`, `11/25/2020`). @mikofski in https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/issues/440...

Docstring parameter descriptions are somewhat redundant and inconsistent

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Conventions like pvlib's definition of `surface_tilt` and `surface_azimuth` are documented somewhat haphazardly in docstring parameter descriptions. This is objectionable in...

Change PSM3 map_variables default value

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#1374 did what we should probably be doing with most deprecations: mention the specific version when the deprecated behavior will change. https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/1893b20a7b755004f561037161c242db24e2870c/pvlib/iotools/psm3.py#L334-L340 Tagging this in the 0.11.0 milestone so we...

The pvfactors model treats rows as infinite in length but finite in number, with the current default being `n_pvrows=3`. With such a small number of rows come interesting edge effects...