Major changes

Improve compatibility with the R {anndata} package. This required modifying conversion functions so that Python objects are explicitly converted rather than relying on automatic conversion. (PR #76 @rcannood, fixes #75)
Added support for numpy recarrays. This solves a long-standing issue and allows results from scanpy's rank_genes_groups() function to be read. (PR #81, fixes #45, #28)

Minor changes

The Python version is now pinned in the anndata v0.7.6 environment for compatibility with changes in {basilisk}
Instantiate Python environments so they can be properly picked up by basilisk::configureBasiliskEnv() (Fixes #66)
Allow missing obs/var names when use_hdf5 = TRUE (Fixes #65)
Minor changes to the UI functions for compatibility with {cli} v3.4.0
Minor changes for compatibility with {Matrix} v1.4-2
Improvements to the UI for warnings
Updates and improvements to tests

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0