2.4.0

Semi-bugs/features:

• Also allow nominals for path and extra variables
• Many fixes related to (optional) block interpolation of variables

Improved checks:

• Simulation: Check rootfinder convergence using solver return status

New features:

• New mixin to minimize the absolute value of a function or variable (MinAbsGoalProgrammingMixin)
• New mixin to approximate high order penalties in a linear fashion (LinearizedGoalProgrammingMixin)
• New mixin to read and write from NetCDF files (NetCDFMixin)
• Convenience method for merging bounds (OptimizationProblem.merge_bounds)
• Allow passing of arguments to problem class via run_optimization/simulation_problem
• Allow passing of model/input/output folder paths to run_optimization/simulation_problem

Deprecations:

• Deprecate explicit collocation
• Deprecate integrated states