Drizzlepac v3.5.1 release candidate 0

High-level Summary

• DRAFT
• Preliminary implementation for WFPC2 for SVM processing.

What's Changed

• Insure correct filetype gets defined for filter and total products by @stsci-hack in #1433
• Update to fully support numpy v1.23 by @stsci-hack in #1434
• Remove Python 3.7 tests from Jenkins builds by @stsci-hack in #1436
• Make sure WFPC2 parameter files get installed by @stsci-hack in #1438
• Add GitHub actions by @stsci-hack in #1437
• use canonical filename of RTD configuration and enable nitpicky by @zacharyburnett in #1440
• Prevent astroquery code from throwing an Exception for SVM requests by @stsci-hack in #1441
• Fix command line interface for runastrodriz by @stsci-hack in #1444
• Use verify_guiding correctly for pipeline and SVM processing by @stsci-hack in #1443
• Implement update of WFPC2 header for best references in runastrodriz by @stsci-hack in #1446
• Add runastrodriz manifests by @stsci-hack in #1447
• SVM: Fix logic for catalogs and cosmic ray checking by @mdlpstsci in #1450
• small change to test PEP517 build of C extension by @zacharyburnett in #1452
• Add error handling/improved messages to CatalogSearch functions by @mdlpstsci in #1451
• Add the missing CHANGELOG comment for PR#1450 by @mdlpstsci in #1454
• Protect against there being no sources left to measure by @mdlpstsci in #1466
• Cleanup SCI header (FLT/C, DRZ/C) keywords remaining from an 'a aposteriori' active WCS solution by @mdlpstsci in #1465
• Protect against inability to find a FWHM due to a fitting problem by @mdlpstsci in #1467
• Update wfpc2 shadow mask by @stsci-hack in #1469
• Updated the release date of v3.5.0. by @mdlpstsci in #1468
• Turn on CR classify in align for WFPC2 by @stsci-hack in #1470
• Implement photometric equalization for WFPC2 pipeline by @stsci-hack in #1471
• update stregion to include Python 3.11 build patch by @zacharyburnett in #1472
• Replace WFPC2 detector names pc and wf with only wfpc by @stsci-hack in #1473
• Rename WFPC2 pipeline DRZ products by @stsci-hack in #1474
• Update default WFPC2 HAP parameters by @stsci-hack in #1475
• refactor for Tox 4 by @zacharyburnett in #1477
• Ignore headerlets for primary WCS solutions by @stsci-hack in #1476
• Updates to the SVM quality analysis to accommodate WFPC2 by @mdlpstsci in #1478
• Fix Numpy 1.24 str deprecation by @stsci-hack in #1483
• Enable user specified CRDS URL for WFPC2 processing by @stsci-hack in #1481
• Fix WFPC2 config file typos by @stsci-hack in #1479
• Avoid trying to delete non-existent readonly cache flag from environment by @stsci-hack in #1484
• Update required to compute_2d_background() in astrometric_utils.py by @mdlpstsci in #1480
• Documented how to read programmatically the catalog files by @mdlpstsci in #1482

New Contributors

• @zacharyburnett made their first contribution in #1440

Full Changelog: 3.5.0...3.5.1rc0