v0.2.0rc1

Hightlights

• Improved Prefix Cache offload/load performance.
• Support Cache Blend.

Core:

• Support Cache Blend in (#467)
• Add V1 Store Interface in (#510) and (#518)

Known Issues

• When using the Ascend platform:
  • Broadcasting is not supported.
  • load_only_first_rank must be set to false in the configuration.
• When compiling from source, make sure to set the PLATFORM environment variable.

What's Changed

• [Feature] Add performance and evaluation testing tools using the pytest framework by @zzycode1005 in #462
• [Feature] Added environment pre-check by @Menglths in #498
• [docs] fix links in docs and add clarifications (#499) by @Lijiachen1018 in #502
• [build] rewrite setup.py by @ygwpz in #501
• [bugfix] Adapt the patch to support YAML sections. by @wangwenxin0312 in #480
• [bugfix] fix pip install -e no so by @ygwpz in #508
• [Feature] Cache Blend by @wuhuxiao in #467
• merge Feature_store_next to develop by @qyh111 in #518
• [bugfix]fix setup.py by @qyh111 in #520

New Contributors

• @zzycode1005 made their first contribution in #462
• @wuhuxiao made their first contribution in #467

Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.2.0rc1