v3.6.0

Dataset Features

• Enable xet in push to hub by @lhoestq in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7552
  • Faster downloads/uploads with Xet storage
  • more info: https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7526

Other improvements and bug fixes

• Add try_original_type to DatasetDict.map by @yoshitomo-matsubara in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7544
• Avoid global umask for setting file mode. by @ryan-clancy in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7547
• Rebatch arrow iterables before formatted iterable by @lhoestq in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7553
• Document the HF_DATASETS_CACHE environment variable in the datasets cache documentation by @Harry-Yang0518 in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7532
• fix regression by @lhoestq in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7558
• fix: Image Feature in Datasets Library Fails to Handle bytearray Objects from Spark DataFrames (#7517) by @giraffacarp in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7521
• Remove aiohttp from direct dependencies by @akx in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7294

New Contributors

• @ryan-clancy made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7547
• @Harry-Yang0518 made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7532
• @giraffacarp made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7521
• @akx made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/7294

Full Changelog: https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/compare/3.5.1...3.6.0