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Explore optimization of `remove_objects_by_distance` with sparse.coo_matrix

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As suggested by @jni in https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/pull/4165#discussion_r1635901391, it might be possible to update `skimage.morphology.remove_objects_by_distance` by constructing a coo matrix and its csr matrix mapping to efficiently remove objects. Investigate!

Recommend editable install for dev setup

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## Description With [spin now recognizing editable installs](https://github.com/scientific-python/spin/pull/155) (by meson), should we recommend it? The advantage is that the editable install plays nicer with IDEs which expect the edited code...

Investigate whether CI caches gallery examples

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and if it doesn't, we should set that up to speed up our CI!

Deprecate `skimage.io` plugin infrastructure

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## Description Still very much a work in progress and trying to understand the problem better. See inline comments below. See also - Higher level discussion in [Long-term plan for...

Either remove it completely or integrate it into our CI again if it still works.

With #7427 merged, I'd like to pull out the suggestion from https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/pull/7427#discussion_r1625143129. The idea is to move the generation of the attestation as close as possible to the wheel /...

Set LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS for keg-only libomp in CI config

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## Description Closes #7406. The [output while running "brew install libomp"](https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/actions/runs/8819647825/job/24213216941#step:4:29) suggests that the mentioned flags need to be set accordingly. So check whether this addresses the issue. ## Checklist...

CI fails on MacOS with "clang cannot compile programs"

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Since 5 days ago, our CI has started to [fail on MacOS](https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/actions/runs/8865314050/job/24341444497#step:5:208) with ``` ../meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Compiler /usr/bin/clang cannot compile programs. ``` which doesn't make sense to me (yet). Unsure...

libatlas 3.10.3 related failures on debian

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From https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/issues/7391#issuecomment-2054159456: Details > I did, the mentioned ones are gone, but now there is another one; this time in amd64 (and obviousy unrelated): > ``` > _____________________ test_polynomial_weighted_estimation ______________________...

Replace `git checkout` with `git switch` where possible

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### Description: A minor suggestion for a good first issue, which might improve our documentation from the perspective of contributors which are new to git. **If you are a new...