v0.8.17: Scalar indices, index statistics, ANN search performance improvement

New features

• feat: allow scalar indices to be updated with new data by @westonpace in #1576
• feat: add python bindings for creating scalar indices by @westonpace in #1592
• feat: expose index cache size by @rok in #1587
• feat: track index cache hit rate by @rok in #1586
• feat: serialize arbitrary float type of PQ to protobuf by @eddyxu in #1624
• feat: coerce float array for nearest query by @eddyxu in #1618
• feat: make partition calculation parallel by @chebbyChefNEQ in #1625
• feat(rust): simplify object store option API by @wjones127 in #1627
• feat(python): add index_cache_hit_rate to index_stats() by @rok in #1631

Bug fixes

• fix: handle no max value for string by @wjones127 in #1600
• fix: fix chunk size issue by @wjones127 in #1630

Performance improvements

Previously, there was a performance bug where ANN search would be much slower if an entire fragment was deleted. This release fixes that so there is no drop in performance.

• perf: more efficient treemap implementation for row ids by @wjones127 in #1632

Other changes

• ci: use M1 runner for now for release by @wjones127 in #1623
• chore: expose avx512fp16 feature via main lance crate by @eddyxu in #1626

Full Changelog: v0.8.16...v0.8.17