v5.18.0

What's Changed

Major Changes 🛠

• Add step method state and make step results deterministic with respect to it by @lucianopaz in #7508
• Remove deprecated features by @Armavica in #7533

New Features 🎉

• Allow copy and deepcopy of PYMC models by @Dekermanjian in #7492
• Add mean dispatch for pymc distributions by @lucianopaz in #7530
• Allow for passing of backend and gradient_backend to nutpie by @fonnesbeck in #7535
• Derive logprob of matmul by @ricardoV94 in #7542

Maintenance 🔧

• Simplify Model new and metaclass by @thomasaarholt in #7473

Full Changelog: v5.17.0...v5.18.0