🌟 Summary

The v8.2.80 release of the Ultralytics YOLO software brings a mix of behind-the-scenes improvements, documentation updates, and usability enhancements, particularly around data handling and workflow automation. 📦

📊 Key Changes

• GitHub Workflows Adjustment: Modifications made to GitHub Actions workflows to streamline pull request and publication processes by refining the way PR details are extracted.
• Enhanced Dataset Management: Added a new section in documentation about downloading datasets directly from Ultralytics HUB.
• Documentation Language Links Update: Some corrections and improvements in language link references in both the main README and tutorials.
• Model Interface Improvement: Expanded support for input types, including PIL (Python Imaging Library) images, for more versatile image processing.
• Metrics Code Update: Tweaked how class names are handled in plotting functions, shifting from list to dictionary format for better identification and flexibility.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Streamlined Processes: The workflow updates aim to improve developer efficiency and reduce errors in managing code changes, enhancing the overall continuous integration experience. 🚀
• User-Friendly Dataset Access: The added documentation helps users easily download datasets, making data preparation more straightforward and less time-consuming. 📚
• Better Compatibility: By accepting PIL images, the model becomes more versatile, especially beneficial for users integrating with various image processing libraries. 🖼️
• Improved Accuracy: Using dictionaries for class names in metrics promotes better clarity and precision in data interpretation and result visualization, aiding in more insightful analysis. 📈

What's Changed

• Remove Hindi and Dutch languages by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15703
• Remove Hindi and Dutch languages by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15704
• Update publish.yml to use gh by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15686
• Update HUB Docs for new dataset download feature by @sergiuwaxmann in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15728
• Fix model names docstring type to dict by @yuefanhao in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15726
• ultralytics 8.2.80 add PIL type hints to model() by @JoshJarabek7 in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15719

New Contributors

• @yuefanhao made their first contribution in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15726
• @JoshJarabek7 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/15719

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.2.79...v8.2.80